The Scandalous Lady W: An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal and Divorce

Paperback Published on: 02/07/2015
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Synopsis

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.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781784701932
  • Number of pages: 320
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mm
  • Weight: 224g
  • Languages: English

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The Scandalous Lady W
Wow what a story !
The author Hallie Rubenhold was inspired to write this book after a visit to Harewood House in Yorkshire and seeing the oil painting of Lady Seymour in her... READ MORE
Karen Coley