She was a spirited young heiress. He was a handsome baronet with a promising career in government. The marriage of Lady Seymour Dorothy Fleming and Sir Richard Worsley had the makings of a fairy tale--but ended as one of the most scandalous and highly publicized divorces in history.
In February 1782, England opened its newspapers to read the details of a criminal conversation trial in which the handsome baronet Sir Richard Worsley attempted to sue his wife's lover for an astronomical sum in damages. In the course of the proceedings, the Worsleys' scandalous sexual arrangements,...
She was a spirited young heiress. He was a handsome baronet with a promising career in government. The marriage of Lady Seymour Dorothy Fleming and...
Set during a period of revolution and turmoil, Mistress of My Fate is the first book in a trilogy about Henrietta Lightfoot, a young woman who was abandoned as a baby and raised alongside her cousins, noble children of a lord and lady. At just sixteen years old, circumstance and a passionate love affair tear Henrietta away from everything she knows, leading to a new life fending for herself on the streets of 18th century London as a courtesan, gambler, and spirited intellect of the city.
Set during a period of revolution and turmoil, Mistress of My Fate is the first book in a trilogy about Henrietta Lightfoot, a young woman who was aba...
Miscast in the media for nearly 130 years, the victims of Jack the Ripper finally get their full stories told in this eye-opening and chilling reminder that life for middle-class women in Victorian London could be full of social pitfalls and peril.
Miscast in the media for nearly 130 years, the victims of Jack the Ripper finally get their full stories told in this eye-opening and chilling re...
Die britischen Medien überboten sich ab Herbst des Jahres 1888 mit Sensationsberichten über den unbekannten Serienmörder Jack the Ripper. Um seine Identität rankten sich wildeste Spekulationen. Seine Opfer fanden dagegen wenig Beachtung. Die Historikerin Hallie Rubenhold befreit die fünf ermordeten Frauen aus dem Schatten der Anonymität. Sie bietet in ihrem Buch neue Einsichten und stützt sich auf bisher ungesehenes oder unveröffentlichtes Material, wobei der Schwerpunkt erstmals ausschließlich auf den Frauen und nicht auf ihrem Mörder liegt.
Die britischen Medien überboten sich ab Herbst des Jahres 1888 mit Sensationsberichten über den unbekannten Serienmörder Jack the Ripper. Um seine ...
