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Cover of The Disastrous Mrs Weldon: The Life, Loves and Lawsuits of a Legendary Victorian

The Disastrous Mrs Weldon: The Life, Loves and Lawsuits of a Legendary Victorian

✍ Scribed by Thompson, Brian

Book ID
108587923
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
248 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780767911245

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Born to fanatically snobbish Victorian parents, Georgina Weldon grew up to wreak havoc on almost everyone she met. She was supposed to marry well and restore the family fortune, but soon proved to have other ideas. Her scandalous affair with a married man and her defiant marriage to the less-than-prosperous young hussar officer Harry Weldon were just the first signs that she was no ordinary girl. In a plot that could have been constructed by Dickens himself, Georgina acquired a string of lovers, was stung by con artists, betrayed by her parents, and narrowly escaped being committed to a mental institution. She rose to the challenge and became one of the first Victorian women to represent herself in court and later helped to overturn England's infamous Lunacy Laws. Like the best Victorian novels, The Disastrous Mrs. Weldon marries the adventures of an intrepid protagonist with delightfully revealing glimpses of Victorian society. A tale of sex and scandal, bravado and...

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