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Can I read Sex, Scandal, and Celebrity in Late Eighteenth-Century England (The New Middle Ages) on EtoBox?
Sex, Scandal, and Celebrity in Late Eighteenth-Century England (The New Middle Ages) by Matthew J. Kinservik is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is Sex, Scandal, and Celebrity in Late Eighteenth-Century England (The New Middle Ages) about?
This book tells the story of the bitter feud between the Duchess of Kingston and the actor, Samuel Foote, which resulted in a pair of scandalous trials in London in the revolutionary year of 1776. Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution, the duchess's state trial for bigamy and Foote's criminal trial for attempted sodomy engrossed the attention of Londoners, including George III, Parliament, and the nobility. Sex, Scandal, and Celebrity offers specialists and general readers a meticu
Who reads Sex, Scandal, and Celebrity in Late Eighteenth-Century England (The New Middle Ages)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Matthew J. Kinservik
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781403979926
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Biography
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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