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Autore |
Kinservik Matthew J. <1967-> |
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Titolo |
Sex, scandal, and celebrity in late eighteenth-century England [[electronic resource] /] / Matthew J. Kinservik |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-36324-3 |
9786611363246 |
0-230-60480-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Trials (Bigamy) - Great Britain - History - 18th century |
Scandals - Great Britain - History - 18th century |
Mistresses - Great Britain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Works Frequently Cited; A Note on Sources; Acknowledgments; Introduction: 15 April 1776; Chapter 1 Disgracing Her Grace; Chapter 2 The Clandestine Marriage; Chapter 3 Marriage à la Mode; Chapter 4 The Siren's Voice; Chapter 5 Noble Prospects; Chapter 6 Jactitation of Marriage; Chapter 7 Exit the Duke; Chapter 8 Enter the Actor; Chapter 9 Trial for Bigamy; Chapter 10 The Proxy War; Chapter 11 Trial for Attempted Sodomy; Chapter 12 Exiles; Epilogue: I, Libertine; Sources; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book tells the story of the bitter feud between the Duchess of Kingston and the actor, Samuel Foote, which resulted in a pair of scandalous trials in London in the revolutionary year of 1776. Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution, the duchess's state trial for bigamy and Foote's criminal trial for attempted sodomy engrossed the attention of Londoners, including George III, Parliament, and the nobility. Sex, Scandal, and Celebrity offers specialists and general readers a meticulously researched and dramatic narrative that relates the fortunes and misfortunes of its protagonists and exposes the social and legal hypocrisies about love, sex, and marriage in the age of George III. |
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