| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 415 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Appendix A1. May, her Siblings and their Children; 2. May's Maternal Relatives; 3. May's Paternal Relatives; 4. Arthur Kindersley Blair's Maternal Relatives; 5. 3rd Duke of Sutherland's Relatives; 6. Sir Albert Kaye Rollit's Relatives; Appendix B; Manuscript Sources; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This definitive biography depicts one Victorian woman's struggle to stay afloat in a rising tide of prurient scandalmongering and snobbery. Could it be that this woman's character and circumstances informed Oscar Wilde's social comedies? She was the daughter of a leading Conservative Oxford don, vilified as an arrogant fortune-hunter. Her liaison dangereuse with a Duke resulted in ostracism by Queen Victoria's cronies, as well as protracted, widely publicised legal disputes with his family. One battle put her in Holloway Gaol for six weeks. Her supporters, over time, included Disraeli, the Khe |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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| Subject |
Sutherland, Mary Caroline, Duchess of, 1848-1912.
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| SUBJECT |
Sutherland, Mary Caroline, Duchess of, 1848-1912 fast |
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Upper class -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Women -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Gender studies: women.
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Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900.
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Social issues & processes.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Upper class
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Women
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Great Britain
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781527512924 |
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1527512924 |
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