At the close of the Victorian era, as now, privacy was power. The extraordinarily wealthy 5th Duke of Portland had a mania for it, hiding in his horsedrawn carriage and creating tunnels between buildings to avoid being seen. So when, in 1897, an elderly widow asked the court to exhume the grave of her late father-in-law, T. C. Druce, under the suspicion that he’d led a dou...
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The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse: An Extraordinary Edwardian Case of Deception and Intrigue |
| Author |
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Piu Marie Eatwell |
| Format |
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Hardcover - 352 pages |
| Genres |
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Non Fiction, History, Crime, True Crime, Mystery, Biography, European Literature, British Literature |
| ISBN |
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1631491237 |
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