Notorious Blasted Rascal: Colonel Charteris and the Servant-Girl's Revenge - Hardcover

Stratmann, Linda

 
9780750948128: Notorious Blasted Rascal: Colonel Charteris and the Servant-Girl's Revenge
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0750948124 ISBN 13: 9780750948128
Verlag: The History Press Ltd, 2008

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"The most notorious blasted rascal in the world."  &;Lord Chesterfield

The venal and depraved reputation of Colonel Francis Charteris (1672&;1732), and the story of his celebrated trial for the rape of his servant girl, one of the most infamous cases of the 18th century, became legendary and long survived his death. This book, for the first time, tells the remarkable story of Charteris&;portrayed by Hogarth as the rake in The Harlot&;s Progress&;and how his servant girl successfully prosecuted the notorious aristocratic rake for rape. His reputation was such that he was obliged to use a false name in order to get female servants to agree to work for him. Ann Bond was engaged through an intermediary, but when her employer began to make regular advances towards her she realized his true identity. She demanded to be allowed to leave, but Charteris raped her and she was whipped and thrown out without her belongings. Most victims would have considered Charteris too powerful to bring to justice, but Ann filed a complaint, and he found himself facing a charge of rape, then a capital crime.

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Linda Stratmann is the author of Chloroform, The Crooks who Conned Millions, Essex Murders, and Gloucestershire Murders.

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Verlag
The History Press Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0750948124
ISBN 13 
9780750948128
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
224
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