The Scandalous Lady W :An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal and Divorce
The Scandalous Lady W :An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal and Divorce
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2 July, 2015
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Description
It was the divorce that scandalised Georgian England... She was a spirited
young heiress. He was a handsome baronet with a promising career in government. Their marriage had the makings of a fairy tale but ended as one of the most salacious and highly publicised divorces in history.
For over two hundred years the story of Lady Worsley, her vengeful husband, and her lover, George Maurice Bisset, lay forgotten. Now Hallie Rubenhold, in her impeccably researched book, throws open a window to a rarely seen view of Georgian England, one coloured by passion, adventure and the defiance of social convention. The Worsley's story, their struggles and outrageous lifestyle, promises to shock even the modern reader.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781784701932 |
| ISBN10 | 1784701939 |
| Number Of Pages | 320 |
| Item Weight | 224 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 20 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
A fabulous story and Rubenhold tells it beautifully * Daily Telegraph *
Hallie Rubenhold is in a league of her own. She keeps you glued to the very last page when, exhausted, exasperated and elated, you can at last put the book down and get yourself some sleep.... Nothing else in the genre is close to being this good * Literary Review *
Deliciously lurid * Sunday Times *
Hallie Rubenhold's account of the elopement is gripping but this is far more than an 18th-century bodice-ripper. Rubenhold combines narrative skill with historical expertise, and she traces the knife-edge that women walked between social success and public disgrace with subtlety and assurance * Spectator *
A well-researched account... Highly diverting tale -- Caroline Miller * Daily Telegraph *
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Author's Bio
Hallie Rubenhold is the #1 Sunday Times bestselling and Baillie Gifford prize-winning author of The Five, the Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. A renowned social historian whose expertise lies in revealing stories of previously unknown women and episodes in history, she is the author of The Covent Garden Ladies which was the inspiration behind BBC TV's 'Harlots'. Her biographical work, Lady Worsley's Whim, was dramatized by the BBC as 'The Scandalous Lady W'. Her most recent work of non-fiction, Story of a Murder, the wives, the mistress and Dr Crippen, has been optioned for TV. She has also written two acclaimed novels Mistress of My Fate and The French Lesson which give voice to the women written out by eighteenth-century literature. She lives in London with her husband. Meet her @HallieRubenhold