The lady in red : an eighteenth-century tale of sex, scandal, and divorce
2009
Book
In February 1782, England opened its newspapers to read the details of Sir Richard and Lady Worsleys' scandalous sexual arrangements, voyeuristic tendencies, and bed-hopping antics. This lively true history presents a rarely seen picture of aristocratic life in the Georgian era.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780312624163
- 9780312359942
- 0312359942
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes:
- "First published in Great Britain as Lady Worsley's Whim by Chatto & Windus"--Title page verso.
- Publisher, pagination, and printing dates may vary.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN: 2009003785
Control Number: 3385078
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.Subjects:
- Adultery -- England -- History -- 18th century.
- Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- Biography.
- Bisset, Maurice George, 1757-1821 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Divorce -- England -- History -- 18th century.
- Trials (Adultery) -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.
- Worsley, Richard, Sir, 1751-1805 -- Marriage.
- Worsley, Richard, Sir, 1751-1805 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Worsley, Seymour Dorothy, Lady -- Marriage.
- Worsley, Seymour Dorothy, Lady -- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Worsley, Seymour Dorothy, Lady.
Genre:
Other Authors: reproduction of (manifestation): Rubenhold, Hallie. Lady Worsley's whim.