The Defiance Of Frances Dickinson

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Affirm Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2024
Edition: First Edition

Description: 396 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A woman who braved public disgrace to expose a brutal marriage. . 1838, England: When eighteen-year-old heiress Frances Dickinson impulsively marries Lieutenant John Geils, she soon discovers there is much about her husband she did not know. A cruel and violent man, John keeps Frances in isolation on his familys estate in Scotland, while spending her fortune and preying upon their maids. . Frances yearns to break free from her marriage but the law is not on her side. Only when Johns abuse escalates can she set in motion a daring plan to secure her freedom. . A story of gaslighting, control and one womans fight, The Defiance of Frances Dickinson is the true story behind one of the most sensational divorce trials of the nineteenth century.

ISBN: 9781923135031