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Lady Worsley's Whim: An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal and Divorce

Lady Worsley's Whim: An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal and Divorce

by HallieRubenhold (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

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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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 27 Aug 2009
ISBN 10: 0099494264
ISBN 13: 9780099494263
Book Overview: Now published with the new title THE SCANDALOUS LADY W

Media Reviews
As a historian and a storyteller, Hallie Rubenhold is in a league of her own. She keeps you glued to the very last page when, exhausted, exasperated and elated, you can at last put the book down and get yourself some sleep. Lady Worsley's Whim should come with a warning: nothing else in the genre is close to being this good * Literary Review *
The story of the Worsley divorce has never been revealed before, and Hallie Rubenhold tells it with panache. Her account of the elopement is gripping but this is far more than an 18th-century bodice-ripper. Rubenhold combines narrative skill with historical expertise, and she traces the knife-edge that women walked between social success and public disgrace with subtlety and assurance * Spectator *
A fabulous story and Rubenhold tells it beautifully * Daily Telegraph *
Lady Worsley's Whim takes its subject from a zesty period... Rubenhold is sure-footed in her research... Her special forte is rakes and roues * Sunday Times *
Readable new book brings the most shocking divorce case of its day vividly to life * The Gloss (Ireland) *
Author Bio
Hallie Rubenhold is a historian and broadcaster and an authority on womens' lives in the 18th century. She has worked as a curator for the National Portrait Gallery and as a university lecturer. Her first novel, Mistress of My Fate was received with great acclaim and her biography, Lady Worsley's Whim, was made into the hit BBC drama The Scandalous Lady W. She lives in London with her husband. Chat with her on Twitter @HallieRubenhold