Respectability, Bankruptcy and Bigamy in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Britain

by John Benson

Respectability, Bankruptcy and Bigamy in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Britain explores the vexed question of middle-class respectability in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. It focuses upon the life of London solicitor Hamilton Pawley (1860-1936), who was barred from working by the Law Society, twice declared bankrupt, and in 1919 was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment with hard labour for bigamously marrying a woman practically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036776685X
• ISBN13: 9780367766856
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"