CN was a poet, pamphleteer and general dazzler, whose husband took the Prime Minister (Melbourne) to court for ‘criminal conversation’ with his wife – and lost. Old age has not dulled the pen of this remarkable subject’s remarkable biographer.
The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline Norton: A 19th Century Heroine Who Wanted Justice for Women
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A panoramic account by the distinguished Harvard historian of five generations of a French provincial family originally from Angouleme, crammed with stories and archival research. ER has a d... read more
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The Camondos, Rothschilds, Ephrussis and others amassed superb collections which in many cases they left to the state that betrayed them.
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Dresden: The Fire and the Darkness
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