The Most Beautiful Man in Existence : The Scandalous Life of Alexander Lesassier /

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1833, Catherine Jane Hamilton returned from India to Edinburgh to seek a divorce from her husband, the physician Alexander Lesassier. The charge was adultery, and proof for it lay in a trunk containing her husband's personal papers. Catherine won her suit without difficulty and the trunk was de...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rosner, Lisa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hamilton, Alexander Lesassier, > 1787-1839.
Physicians.
Manners and customs.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Physicians > Scotland > Edinburgh > Biography.
Physicians > Great Britain > Biography.
Scotland > Edinburgh.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Moeurs et coutumes > 18e siecle.
Grande-Bretagne > Moeurs et coutumes > 19e siecle.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 18th century.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface: A Journal of Life; 1 Interest or Love; 2 Born to Misfortune; 3 Hot from Your Studies; 4 This Despicable Rock; 5 The Most Beautiful Man in Existence; 6 Tinsel of Military Reputation; 7 Soothing Hope of Speedy Promotion; 8 Arrived at Wealth and Dignity; 9 Thrown on the Wide World; 10 Appearances Are of Essential Consequence; 11 Consecutive Chain of Corroborative Evidence; 12 Compare What I Might Have Been with What I Am; Epilogue: One Series of Hardships and Privations; A Note on Sources; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B.
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