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Wedlock: How Britain’s Worst Husband Met His Match

Wendy Moore, author of the best-selling book Wedlock: How Britain’s Worst Husband Met His Match, explores the astonishing true story of Mary Eleanor Bowes, once the richest heiress in Britain, who was duped into marriage by an Irish fortune-hunter. Mary Eleanor was the only daughter of George Bowes, the Durham MP who created the Gibside […]