Scotch Verdict

by Lillian Faderman

Book Overview

The year: 1810. The place: Edinburgh, Scotland. A student, Jane Cumming, accuses her school mistresses, Jane Pirie and Marianne Woods, of having an affair in the presence of their students. Dame Cumming Gordon, the wealthy and powerful grandmother of the accusing student, advises her friends to remove their daughters from the boarding school. Within days, the school is deserted and the two women deprived of their livelihood. Lillian Faderman, award-winning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231084439
• ISBN13: 9780231084437
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"