Road to Divorce by Lawrence Stone

Road to Divorce by Lawrence Stone

Tells the complex story of how, from the Reformation to the present day, English men and women have contrived to use, twist or defy the law in order to deal with marital breakdown. The book is based on court records in which witnesses speak frankly about love, sex and marriage.

.. engrossing and masterly historical survey ...Road to Divorce is a serious book with a sombre subject. It is also, I"m afraid, magnificently entertaining. It will be supplemented by two further volumes of case histories, referred to in the text but not yet available, Uncertain Unions and Broken Lives. Heartlessly, perhaps, I can hardly wait to read them. * Claire Tomalin, The Independent on Sunday *
Stone has written a stimulating companion to his fascinating Family, Sex and Marriage in England ... another splendid and original work by our leading historian of the family. * Christopher Hibbert, Sunday Times *
... engrossing and masterly historical survey ...Road to Divorce is a serious book with a sombre subject. It is also, I"m afraid, magnificently entertaining. It will be supplemented by two further volumes of case histories, referred to in the text but not yet available, Uncertain Unions and Broken Lives. Heartlessly, perhaps, I can hardly wait to read them. * Claire Tomalin, The Independent on Sunday *
Stone has written a stimulating companion to his fascinating Family, Sex and Marriage in England ... another splendid and original work by our leading historian of the family. * Christopher Hibbert, Sunday Times *

Stone, Lawrence: - Lawrence Stone was educated at Charterhouse School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was a lecturer at University College, Oxford, from 1947 to 1950, and a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, from 1950 to 1963. Since 1963 be has been Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University, and Director of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, also at Princeton, since 1969. Professor Stone has contributed numerous articles to learned journals and periodicals. His published works include The Causes of the English Revolution, 1529-1642, Crisis of the Aristocracy, 1558-1641, and (editor) Schooling and Society. He is also author of Sculpture in Britain: The Middle Ages, published in The Pelican History of Art series.

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ISBN 13	9780198226512
ISBN 10	0198226519
Title	Road to Divorce
Author	Lawrence Stone
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	1990-10-11
Number of pages	488
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