{"product_id":"the-scandalous-lady-w-an-eighteenth-century-tale-of-sex-scandal-and-divorce-by-the-bestselling-author-of-the-five-9781784701932","title":"The Scandalous Lady W: An Eighteenth-Century Tale","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was the divorce that scandalised Georgian England... She was a spirited \u003cbr\u003eyoung 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fabulous story and Rubenhold tells it beautifully\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHallie Rubenhold is in a league of her own.\u003c\/b\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeliciously lurid\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHallie Rubenhold's account of the elopement is gripping but this is far more than an 18th-century bodice-ripper.\u003c\/b\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003eA well-researched account... Highly diverting tale -- Caroline Miller * Daily Telegraph *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020438470999,"sku":"9781784701932","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784701932.jpg?v=1750783429","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-scandalous-lady-w-an-eighteenth-century-tale-of-sex-scandal-and-divorce-by-the-bestselling-author-of-the-five-9781784701932","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}