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Elizabeth : The Scandalous Life of an 18th Century Duchess, EPUB eBook

Elizabeth : The Scandalous Life of an 18th Century Duchess EPUB

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Elizabeth Chudleigh was one of the eighteenth century's most colourful characters.

Born into impoverished gentility, her beauty, wit and vitality soon earned her a place at the centre of court life.

When she married the Duke of Kingston in 1769 she had reached the highest rung of the social ladder.

But Elizabeth was carrying a dark secret. In 1744 she had secretly married a naval lieutenant called Augustus Hervey, and after the Duke's death her first marriage was discovered.

Bigamy fever swept London society and, in a very public trial, Elizabeth was found guilty.

But her strength of character ensured that, even when her friends deserted her, her courage and zest for life did not.

In an engaging history of this strong and wilful woman, Gervat shows there was far more to Elizabeth than the caricature villain her contemporaries made her out to be.

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