Scandal at Bizarre - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Scandal at Bizarre write by Cynthia A. Kierner. This book was released on 2006. Scandal at Bizarre available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the early 1790s Richard Randolph was accused of fathering a child by his sister-in-law, Nancy, and murdering the baby shortly after its birth. Rumors about the incident, which occurred during a visit to the plantation of close family friends, spread like wildfire. Randolph found himself on trial for the crime largely because of the public outrage fueled by these rumors. The rest of the household suffered too, and only Nancy, who later married the esteemed New York statesman Gouverneur Morris, would find any degree of happiness. A tale of family passion, betrayal, and deception, Scandal at Bizarre is a fascinating historical portrait of the social and political realities of a world long vanished.
Unwise Passions
Unwise Passions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Unwise Passions write by Alan Pell Crawford. This book was released on 2000. Unwise Passions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This true story of sex, murder, and corruption in 18th century Virginia centers on Nancy Randolph, an attractive woman from a wealthy and socially prominent family, who lived with her sister and brother-in-law, Richard Randolph. After rumors that Nancy bore Richard's child, and that he killed the child, a trial ensued with Patrick Henry defending Richard. Maps and illustrations.
A Treasury of Royal Scandals
A Treasury of Royal Scandals - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Treasury of Royal Scandals write by Michael Farquhar. This book was released on 2001-05-01. A Treasury of Royal Scandals available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From Nero's nagging mother (whom he found especially annoying after taking her as his lover) to Catherine's stable of studs (not of the equine variety), here is a wickedly delightful look at the most scandalous royal doings you never learned about in history class. Gleeful, naughty, sometimes perverted-like so many of the crowned heads themselves-A Treasury of Royal Scandals presents the best (the worst?) of royal misbehavior through the ages. From ancient Rome to Edwardian England, from the lavish rooms of Versailles to the dankest corners of the Bastille, the great royals of Europe have excelled at savage parenting, deadly rivalry, pathological lust, and meeting death with the utmost indignity-or just very bad luck.
Scandal at Bizarre
Scandal at Bizarre - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Scandal at Bizarre write by Francis Biddle. This book was released on 1961. Scandal at Bizarre available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Between its grim beginning on a Virginia plantation and its surprising end at a great New York estate, the career of Nancy Randolph involved many of the famous figures of the post-Revolutionary era. This tale of hate and "honor" is recounted by a descendent of Edmund Randolph, the first Attorney General of the United States.
A Very English Scandal
A Very English Scandal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Very English Scandal write by John Preston. This book was released on 2016-10-11. A Very English Scandal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The basis for the Emmy award-winning limited series starring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw A behind-the-scenes look at the desperate, scandalous private life of a British MP and champion manipulator, and the history-making trial that exposed his dirty secrets While Jeremy Thorpe served as a Member of Parliament and Leader of the Liberal Party in the 1960s and 70s, his bad behavior went under the radar for years. Police and politicians alike colluded to protect one of their own. In 1970, Thorpe was the most popular and charismatic politician in the country, poised to hold the balance of power in a coalition government. But Jeremy Thorpe was a man with a secret. His homosexual affairs and harassment of past partners, along with his propensity for lying and embezzlement, only escalated as he evaded punishment. Until a dark night on the moor with an ex-lover, a dog and a hired gun led to consequences that even his charm and power couldn’t help him escape. Dubbed the “Trial of the Century,” Thorpe’s climactic case at the Old Bailey in London was the first time that a leading British politician had stood trial on a murder charge, the first time that a murder plot had been hatched in the House of Commons. And it was the first time that a prominent public figure had been exposed as a philandering gay man, in an era when homosexuality had only just become legal. With the pace and drama of a thriller, A Very English Scandal is an extraordinary story of hypocrisy, deceit and betrayal at the heart of the British Establishment.
