Lady Worsley's Whim: The divorce that Scandalised Georgian England
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780701179809 (0701179805)
ASIN: 701179805
Publish date: December 16th 2008
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Reference,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult,
Research,
European History,
18th Century
In 1775, a shallow young baronet married an eighteen year old lady with far more money than looks or learning. They lived tolerably well together for a few years, until at last Lady Seymour Dorothy Fleming Worsley ran away with their mutual friend, Maurice Bisset. The lovers hoped Sir Richard Wors...