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HAMILTON**, ELIZABETH: : THE WARWICKSHIRE SCANDAL

UK.NORWICH,EAST ANGLIA.MICHAEL RUSSELL (PUBLISHING) LTD.,1999.

ISBN 0859552446.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£24.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,contemporary b/w cartoon illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-450pp [paginated] includes 42 chapters and an epilogue,8pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs and reproduced illustrations in 1 block, between pp306/7,notes and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,separate contents and illustrations lists/tables, acknowledgements,and 2pp Dramatis Personae. See also,my book ID rja768418 for another related further and previous family history by the same author,'The Old House at Walton - More About the Mordaunts.' In December 1866 Sir Charles Mordaunt brought his young bride Harriette Moncrieffe back to Walton Hall,the Warwickshire mansion refashioned for him by Sir Gilbert Scott.She hobnobbed, however,and apparently more than hobnobbed,with the Prince of Wales's set, and when she gave birth to a daughter there were,according to her own confession,several contenders for little Violet's parentage.This was the beginning of the cause celebre of the Warwickshire Scandal,calling in question Harriette's mental stability and resulting in a trial which attracted intense public interest, not least because it involved an appearance in the witness-box by the Prince of Wales himself. Elizabeth Hamilton,with six well received historical studies already to her credit, recounts the whole saga in fascinating detail.She has had access to a voluminous archive relating to the case which her husband inherited along with Walton Hall. It contains all the legal documents affidavits,shorthand writers' reports, family correspondence,and - perhaps most illuminating of all - servants diaries.The lawyers and the doctors steer the two families manoeuvrings - the Moncrieffes with one eye on their straitened finances,Sir Charles with both eyes on the prospect of all too public humiliation.We may speculate whether some of Harriette's odd behaviour was in fact pretence,but here is a telling insight into the Victorian approach to mental illness. Harriette's fate was distressing, consigned,as she put it herself,to bear 'all the ignominy'. And little Violet? She grew up to become the 5th Marchioness of Bath and mistress of Longleat. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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