Sex, Scandal, and Celebrity in Late Eighteenth-Century England

by Matthew J. Kinservik

Book Overview

This book tells the story of the bitter feud between the Duchess of Kingston and the actor, Samuel Foote, which resulted in a pair of scandalous trials in London in the revolutionary year of 1776. Set... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403979928
• ISBN13: 9781403979926
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.0"