Breach of Promise to Marry: A History of How Jilted Brides Settled Scores (Paperback)

Denise Bates

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, Barnsley, 2014

1783030364 / 9781783030361

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Paperback. 'The marriage day was fixed, the wedding dresses were bought, the wedding tour was planned out, the wedding guests were invited. The day came but not the bridegroom.' While Dickens' embittered spinster Miss Havisham stopped all her clocks on her wedding day and 'never since looked upon the light of day', the reality was much brighter for thousands of jilted women. The real Miss Havisham's didn't mope in faded wedding finery they hired lawyers and struck the first 'no-win, no fee' deals to sue for breach of promise. From the 1790s right up to the 1960s, jilted women (and sometimes rejected suitors) employed a range of tactics to bring false lovers to book. Denise Bates uncovers over 1,000 forgotten cases of women who found very different endings to their fictional counterparts: Mary Ann Smith forged evidence of a courtship to entrap an Earl. Catherine Kempsall shot the man who denied their engagement, Gladys Knowles was awarded a record 10,000 in damages by a jury in 1890, Daisy Mons discreetly negotiated a 50,000 settlement from a Lord. Based on original research, this social history of breach of promise shows that when men behaved badly hell had no fury like a woman scorned! AUTHOR: Denise Bates read Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford, specialising in the period 1815 1914. A Chartered Accountant by profession, her interests now relate to the voluntary and community sector, research and writing. Denise has written articles on a variety of topics for national magazines and gives talks related to her topics of historical research. Website: 8 pages of b/w plates A fascinating history of sex and relationships. Breach of Promise was an archaic legal action brought about by a jilted lover (male or female) when their former intended broke off their engagement. This is the first ever non-academic book on the topic and reveals a fascinating romantic and legal underworld from the 1790s - 1960s. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Titel
Breach of Promise to Marry: A History of How Jilted Brides Settled Scores (Paperback)
Autor
Denise Bates
Verlag
Pen & Sword Books Ltd, Barnsley
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
Zustand
new
Einband
Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
1783030364
ISBN-13
9781783030361

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