false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255725860m/6022200.jpg 6022200 2 When Mary Eleanor Bowes, the Countess of Strathmore, was abducted in Oxford Street in broad daylight in 1786, the whole country was riveted to news of the pursuit. The only daughter of a wealthy coal magnate, Mary Eleanor had led a charmed youth. Precocious and intelligent, she enjoyed a level of education usually reserved for the sons of the aristocracy. Mary was only eleven when her beloved father died, making her the richest heiress in Britain, and she was soon beset by eager suitors. Her marriage, at eighteen, to the beautiful but aloof Earl of Strathmore, was one of the society weddings of the year. With the death of the earl some eight years later, Mary re-entered society with relish and her salons became magnets for leading Enlightenment thinkers - as well as a host of new suitors. Mary soon fell under the spell of a handsome Irish soldier, Andrew Robinson Stoney, but scandalous rumors were quick to spread. Swearing to defend her honor, Mary's gallant hero was mortally wounded in a duel - his dying wish that he might marry Mary. Within hours of the ceremony, he seemed to be in the grip of a miraculous recovery. Wedlock tells the story of one eighteenth-century woman's experience of a brutal marriage, and her fight to regain her liberty and justice. Subjected to appalling violence, deception, kidnap and betrayal, the life of Mary Eleanor Bowes is a remarkable tale of triumph in the face of overwhelming odds. 6197660 10 3 2009 Wedlock: The True Story of the Disastrous Marriage and Remarkable Divorce of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore total:20|5:2|4:8|3:7|2:2|1:1| 20 68 96 10 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 16:19:05 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 16:23:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 29 07:24:16 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 07:26:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 05:38:11 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 05:47:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 20:12:42 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 20:12:42 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 20 04:29:10 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 04:30:59 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 21:23:35 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 21:32:42 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 19:33:45 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 01:22:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 14:31:07 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 21:00:55 -0700 2009 Be prepared to be angry when you read this true story of a brutal 18th century marriage, and what the wife had to endure to end her suffering. ]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 08 10:37:18 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 09 12:34:09 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 19:48:48 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 11:20:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 20:46:02 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 20:46:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 12 09:06:21 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 09:06:21 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 11:16:54 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 12:17:55 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 20:11:09 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 20:11:09 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 06 11:34:54 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 11:34:54 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Nov 22 07:05:30 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 30 13:17:16 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 22 07:05:30 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 10:16:16 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 10:16:16 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 12:40:16 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 16:13:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 14 07:01:47 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 07:01:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 13 19:23:02 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 19:23:02 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6022200