Wedlock : the true story of the disastrous marriage and remarkable divorce of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore /
With the death of her fabulously wealthy coal magnate father when she was just eleven, Mary Eleanor Bowes became the richest heiress in Britain. An ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II, Mary grew to be a highly educated young woman, winning acclaim as a playwright and botanist. Courted by a bevy of eager...
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New York :
Crown Publishers,
[2009].
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 An Affair of Honour London, January 13, 1777 1
- 2 Downright Girlishness Gibside, County Durbam, 1757 15
- 3 A Worthy Little Woman Newcastle, 1767 45
- 4 My Imprudencies Newcastle, 1767 66
- 5 Powerful Pleading London, April 1776 93
- 6 Bowes and Freedom London, December 1776 118
- 7 Loathsome Weeds Cape Town, January 1778 145
- 8 Improper Liberties Newcastle, September 1780 173
- 9 An Artful Intriguing Woman London, May 1784 199
- 10 Vile Temptations London, February 3, 1785 225
- 11 Say Your Prayers London, May 25, 1786 249
- 12 The Taming of Bad Wives Westminster Hall, London, November 28, 1786 274
- 13 Out of The World Southwark, London, March 5, 1790 302.