The Scandalous Lady W

An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal and Divorce (by the bestselling author of The Five)

Hallie Rubenhold author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:2nd Jul '15

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

The Scandalous Lady W cover

First published with the title Lady Worsley's Whim, read the book behind the major new BBC drama starring Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay)

It was the divorce that scandalised Georgian England... Their marriage had the makings of a fairy tale but ended as one of the most salacious and highly publicised divorces in history.

For over two hundred years the story of Lady Worsley, her vengeful husband, and her lover, George Maurice Bisset, lay forgotten.

It was the divorce that scandalised Georgian England... She was a spirited
young heiress. He was a handsome baronet with a promising career in government. Their marriage had the makings of a fairy tale but ended as one of the most salacious and highly publicised divorces in history.

For over two hundred years the story of Lady Worsley, her vengeful husband, and her lover, George Maurice Bisset, lay forgotten. Now Hallie Rubenhold, in her impeccably researched book, throws open a window to a rarely seen view of Georgian England, one coloured by passion, adventure and the defiance of social convention. The Worsley's story, their struggles and outrageous lifestyle, promises to shock even the modern reader.

A fabulous story and Rubenhold tells it beautifully * Daily Telegraph *
Hallie Rubenhold is in a league of her own. She keeps you glued to the very last page when, exhausted, exasperated and elated, you can at last put the book down and get yourself some sleep.... Nothing else in the genre is close to being this good * Literary Review *
Deliciously lurid * Sunday Times *
Hallie Rubenhold's account of the elopement is gripping but this is far more than an 18th-century bodice-ripper. Rubenhold combines narrative skill with historical expertise, and she traces the knife-edge that women walked between social success and public disgrace with subtlety and assurance * Spectator *
A well-researched account... Highly diverting tale -- Caroline Miller * Daily Telegraph *

ISBN: 9781784701932

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 20mm

Weight: 224g

320 pages