tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post1847378884609682624..comments2024-03-28T16:41:29.596-04:00Comments on The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide to the 18th Century: Tart of the Week: Mary Eleanor BowesHeather Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-15002827690658301272011-10-13T04:24:37.160-04:002011-10-13T04:24:37.160-04:00It's a really fantastic book, I totally agree....It's a really fantastic book, I totally agree. I was lucky enough to have a review copy but only after I had written this (which is actually probably good because it would have made my post much more long-winded)Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-35653273816054002502011-10-10T05:38:41.472-04:002011-10-10T05:38:41.472-04:00I have just finished reading Wendy Moore's fan...I have just finished reading Wendy Moore's fantastic "Wedlock", an account of Mary Eleanor Bowes' life, in particular, her disastrous marriage to Stoney. What a woman, not only did she survive incredible domestic abuse and terror at the hands of her second husband, who tricked her into marrying him, but also had to suffer the heartbreak of losing her older children because of the dictates of the Georgian society of the time. Yet Mary Eleanor's spirit was not crushed and eventually she managed to escape Stoney's clutches and obtain just retribution for all his wrongdoings through the courts. The biography reads like a novel, I have never read a historical account so quickly. I can only recommend it.marmeladecathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176144277171050116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-51343789499089858312011-01-31T16:11:39.263-05:002011-01-31T16:11:39.263-05:00Too bad he didn't have some counter goons stal...Too bad he didn't have some counter goons stalk him. RAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-23562674731979833822010-12-06T03:39:22.076-05:002010-12-06T03:39:22.076-05:00Poor thing! What a horrid tale of abuse and stalk...Poor thing! What a horrid tale of abuse and stalking!The Dreamstresshttp://thedreamstress.com/noreply@blogger.com