The Disastrous Mrs. Weldon: The Life, Loves and Lawsuits of a Legendary Victorian - Softcover

Thompson, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0767906357 ISBN 13: 9780767906357

Publisher: Broadway Books, 2002

Synopsis

Presents the colorful, vivid biography of Georgina Weldon, a Victorian eccentric whose outrageous, scandalous life led to financial disaster, betrayal by her parents, and the threat of involuntary incarceration in a mental institution but whose determination helped overturn England's infamous Lunacy laws. Reprint.

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Review

"[Mrs. Weldon's] story is so fantastically melodramatic that it might have been penned by one of the sensationalist novelists so popular among her Victorian contemporaries." -"Publishers Weekly
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"Elegant in style, at once sensational and substantial in content, this book is a surprise and a delight."
-Lucy Hughes-Hallet, "London Sunday Times
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"If it would take a heart of stone not to laugh at Mrs. Weldon's disastrous career, it is impossible not to admire the splendor of her ambitions and the sheer hubris of a woman who could bring twenty-five cases to court in a single year and represent herself in twenty-two of them."
-Miranda Seymour, "London Times Literary Supplement
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[Mrs. Weldon s] story is so fantastically melodramatic that it might have been penned by one of the sensationalist novelists so popular among her Victorian contemporaries. Publishers Weekly

Elegant in style, at once sensational and substantial in content, this book is a surprise and a delight.
Lucy Hughes-Hallet, London Sunday Times

If it would take a heart of stone not to laugh at Mrs. Weldon s disastrous career, it is impossible not to admire the splendor of her ambitions and the sheer hubris of a woman who could bring twenty-five cases to court in a single year and represent herself in twenty-two of them.
Miranda Seymour, London Times Literary Supplement
"

About the Author

Brian Thompson has written for the stage, radio, television, and is the author of four novels. He divides his time between Oxford, England, and the South of France.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadway Books
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0767906357
• ISBN 13: 9780767906357
• Binding: Paperback