Wedlock by Wendy Moore

Wedlock by Wendy Moore

A cinematic and thrilling true story exploring the life and catastrophic marriage of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore--"a tale of wealth, status, and privilege, laced with lust, greed, [and] pride" (The Times)

"Spectacular . . . Serious, perceptive, thoughtful and--by no means least--compulsively readable."--Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
 
With the death of her fabulously wealthy coal magnate father, Mary Eleanor Bowes became the richest heiress in Britain. An ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II, Mary grew to be a highly educated young woman, winning acclaim as a playwright and botanist. At eighteen, she married the handsome but aloof ninth Earl of Strathmore in a celebrated, if ultimately troubled, match that forged the Bowes Lyon name. Freed from this unhappy marriage by her husband's early death, she stumbled headlong into scandal when a charming Irish soldier, Captain Andrew Robinson Stoney, flattered his way into the merry widow's bed.
 
When Mary heard that her gallant hero was mortally wounded in a duel defending her honor, she could hardly refuse his dying wish; four days later they were married. Yet the "captain" was not what he seemed. Staging a sudden and remarkable recovery, Stoney was revealed as a debt-ridden lieutenant, a fraudster, and a bully.
 
Immediately taking control of Mary's vast fortune, he squandered her wealth and embarked on a campaign of appalling violence and cruelty against his new bride. Finally, fearing for her life, Mary dared to plan an audacious escape and an even more courageous battle to reclaim her liberty and her fortune.

Based on meticulous archival research, Wedlock is a gripping, addictive biography, ripped from the headlines of eighteenth-century England.

Wendy Moore is a journalist and a writer. She has spent more than two decades specializing in health and medical themes after working as a reporter for local newspapers. Her work as a freelance journalist has appeared in a variety of newspapers and periodicals, including the Guardian, the Observer, and the British Medical Journal, and she has received numerous accolades. She earned the Diploma in the History of Medicine from the Society of Apothecaries (DHMSA) in 1999 after writing significantly on medical history and winning the Maccabaean Award for the best dissertation that year. This is her debut novel.

The Knife Man was selected Consumer Book of the Year by the Medical Journalists' Association when it was first published in the United Kingdom. Moore has two children, Sam and Susannah, and lives in South London with her partner, Peter, who is also a journalist.

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ISBN 13	9780307383372
ISBN 10	0307383377
Title	Wedlock
Author	Wendy Moore
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2010-02-09
Number of pages	400
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