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Strong passions : a scandalous divorce in old New York /

Shocking revelations of a wife's adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, exposing upper-crust New York society and its secrets. What could possibly go wrong in a wealthy matriarch's country home when her dilettante son, his restless wife and his widowed brother live the...

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Main Author:	Weisberg, Barbara (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024].
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Strong, Mary E. > (Mary Emmeline), > 1833-1895. Strong, Peter R. > (Peter Remsen), > 1823-1878. Divorce > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century. Scandals > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century. Trials (Adultery) > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century. New York (N.Y.) > History > 19th century.

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