The dead Duke, his secret wife and the missing corpse
Eatwell, Piu Marie2015
Books, Manuscripts
The extraordinary story of the Druce-Portland affair, one of the most notorious, tangled and bizarre legal cases of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras.
Main title:
The dead Duke, his secret wife and the missing corpse / Piu Marie Eatwell.
Author:
Eatwell, Piu Marie, author
Imprint:
London : Head of Zeus, 2015.London : Head of Zeus, 2015.
Collation:
xiii, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2014.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781781856109 (pbk)9781781856079 (ebook)1781856109
Dewey class:
364.1'633'092364.163
Local class:
B POR364.163
Language:
English
Subject:
Portland, William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Duke of, 1800-1879 -- Death and burialEccentrics and eccentricities -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryFalse imprisonment -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryTrials (Fraud) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryCrimeCrime -- HistoryGreat Britain -- History -- Victorian age
BRN:
704786