The Criminal Conversation of Mrs Norton

Atkinson, Diane
Publication Date 2012
ISBN 9781848093010
Publisher Preface
Binding Hardback
Condition Near fine, bright copy in like dust jacket
SKU 24159
Notes Very clean bright and neat.

Description

Hardback. First edition, first printing. 486pp. The story of Caroline Norton who treatment at the hands of her husband that eventually left the poet and society beauty destitute, deprived access to her children and of the means of making any income lead to a 30 year campaign in which she helped shape the Infant Custody Act (1839), the Matrimonial Causes (Divorce) Act (1857) and the Married Women’s Property Act (1870).Two small selections of black and white plates. Indexed.
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