A01=Claire Gervat
aleister crowley
amy poehler
anne boleyn
anne sebba
Author_Claire Gervat
autobiography
biographies
biography
biography books
Category=DNBH
Category=DNBR
catherine de medici
diary of a
english civil war
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
gillian tindall
hallie rubenhold
henry viii
historical biographies
history
history book
history books
london underground
mary queen of scots
nancy mitford
nonfiction
nonfiction books
queen anne
queen mary
queen victoria
spitfire girl
stanley johnson
testament of youth
the covent garden ladies
the great escaper
the plague
the queen and i
the real deal
the tunnel
usborne beginners
Product details
- ISBN 9780099429357
- Weight: 240g
- Dimensions: 130 x 197mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 2004
- Publisher: Cornerstone
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Elizabeth Chudleigh was one of the eighteenth century's most colourful characters. Born into impoverished gentility, her beauty, wit and vitality soon earned her a place at the centre of court life. When she married the Duke of Kingston in 1769 she had reached the highest rung of the social ladder. But Elizabeth was carrying a dark secret. In 1744 she had secretly married a naval lieutenant called Augustus Hervey, and after the Duke's death her first marriage was discovered. Bigamy fever swept London society and, in a very public trial, Elizabeth was found guilty. But her strength of character ensured that, even when her friends deserted her, her courage and zest for life did not. In an engaging history of this strong and wilful woman, Gervat shows there was far more to Elizabeth than the caricature villain her contemporaries made her out to be.
After reading history at Oxford University, Claire Gervat worked briefly in the City then moved into journalism. As a freelance travel writer, Claire has contributed to many national newspapers and magazines, including the Independent, Guardian and the Sunday Times. She also writes 'The Trader', a humorous weekly column about the life of a fictional city girl in the Independent.
