History of Stoney Bowes : otherwise Andrew Robinson Bowes : being a minute memoir of this infamous and notorious character : his marriage to Miss Newton, of Burnop-field, Durham, and the particulars of his cruel usage towards her--she dies of a broken heart : he afterwards marries the Countess of Strathmore : his letters, and the Countess's poetry on the nuptials : Bowes' horrid character fully developed--his savage treatment of the Countess--his profligacy at Gibside--presents a loaded pistol to her head--his seizure, conspiracy, seduction, trial, and imprisonment : Bowes a member of Parliament for Newcastle, and the same year is High Sheriff for Northumberland : the Countess's death--Bowes rallies, but on Jan. 16, 1810, death closes his career of infamy and disgrace.
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| Language: | English |
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Newcastle and Hull : 66, Scotch-str, Carlisle :
W. & T. Fordyce ; to be had also of J. Whinham & Co.,
[between 1832 and 1837?]
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| Item Description: | Woodcut title page vignette. Mainly the troubles of his second wife, the Countess of Strathmore. The Cushing Library/Sports/Mitchell Boxing copy is bound in a single volume which contains the following 11 titles: History of Stoney Bowes (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- History of Robert Burns, the celebrated Ayrshire poet (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- Art & practice of self-defence; or, Scientific mode of boxing (Newcastle and Hull : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- History of James Allan, the celebrated Northumberland piper (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- History of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- The singular life, adventures, and depredations of David Haggart, the murderer (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- Wat Tyler (Newcastle : W. Fordyce, [1830?]) -- The factor's garland (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- History of Carlisle, ancient and modern (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- History of the Earl of Derwentwater (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- Remarkable & memorable history of Sir Robt. Bewick and the Laird Graham (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832). |
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| Physical Description: | 24 pages ; 16 cm |