Victorian Divorce
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780312841560 (0312841566)
Publish date: November 1st 1985
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pages no: 196
Edition language: English
Horstman traces the legal definitions and acceptable causes of divorce in England from Tudor to Victorian reigns. I was amazed to discover how expensive divorce was, and how many trials (three!) were initially required to get one. I was also suprised to find that divorce was not supposed to be a r...