Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York

by Barbara Weisberg

Book Overview

What could possibly go wrong in a wealthy matriarch's country home when her dilettante son, his restless wife, and his widowed brother live there together? Strong Passions, rooted in the beguiling times of Edith Wharton's "old New York," recounts the true story of a tumultuous marriage. In 1862, Mary Strong stunned her husband, Peter, by confessing to a two-year affair with his brother. Peter sued Mary for divorce for adultery--the only grounds...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039353152X
• ISBN13: 9780393531527
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"