The dead Duke, his secret wife and the missing corpse
Eatwell, Piu Marie2014
Books, Manuscripts
The extraordinary story of the Druce-Portland affair, one of the most notorious, tangled and bizarre legal cases of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras.
Main title:
The dead Duke, his secret wife and the missing corpse / Piu Marie Eatwell.
Author:
Eatwell, Piu Marie, author
Imprint:
London : Head of Zeus, 2014.London : Head of Zeus, 2014.
Collation:
xiii, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781781856086 (hbk)9781781856079 (ePub ebook)1781856087
Dewey class:
364.1'633'092364.1633092345.42364.9
Local class:
364.163
Language:
English
Subject:
Portland, William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Duke of, 1800-1879 -- Death and burialEccentrics and eccentricities -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryFalse imprisonment -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryTrials (Fraud) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryCrimeHawke, Johnny (Fictitious character) -- FictionPrivate investigators -- England -- FictionWorld War, 1939-1945 -- England -- FictionAdvice and RightsAdvice and RightsDetective and mystery storiesCrime -- HistoryGreat Britain -- History -- Victorian age
BRN:
602465
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