Wedlock : How Georgian Britain's Worst Husband Met His Match
Wedlock : How Georgian Britain's Worst Husband Met His Match
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Author(s): Moore, Wendy
ISBN No.: 9780753826799
Pages: 520
Year: 200909
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 15.80
Status: Out Of Print

Wendy Moore is a new historian with a real populist touch, set to become the next Alison Weir. WEDLOCK reads like a novel and has a brilliantly racy plot. Gorgeous cover with wide commercial appeal. It received fantastic reviews: 'Biography needs more Wendy Moores' NEW YORK TIMES 'WEDLOCK is the best biography that I have read in a long time. It's gripping, addictive and painstakingly researched' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'The remarkable story of one woman's triumph over years of appalling violence and abuse' DAILY EXPRESS 'How Mary, with the help of a loyal servant, struggled to escape Stoney's clutches is the breathless and inspirational climax of this fine book' THE TIMES 'Mesmerising. entertainingly digressive and rigorously researched' FT 'Mary's escape, her abduction by Stoney and dramatic rescue are grippingly told' INDEPENDENT 'Moore has meticulously constructed an ever more compelling tale' GUARDIAN 'Gallops headlong towards an unbelievably tense denouement which any work of Hollywood fiction would struggle to match' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'This splendid book, well researched and richly detailed, is as gripping as any novel' DAILY TELEGRAPH.


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