Unwise passions
a true story of a remarkable woman-- and the first great scandal of eighteenth-century America
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Publication
2000 - Simon & Schuster, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
82,250 words, Guess
Page Count
329 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6794016M
- ISBN-10068483474X
- OCLC Control Number44841500
- OCLC Control Numberunwisepassionstr00alan
- Library of Congress Control Number00061872
and 2 more
- LibraryThing126519
- Goodreads1206167
Classifications
- DDC973.4/092/2
- LCCCT275.M6397 C73 2000
Description
"In the spring of 1793, eighteen-year-old Nancy Randolph, the fetching daughter of one of the greatest of the great Virginia tobacco planters, was accused, along with her brother-in-law, of killing her newborn infant. Once one of the loveliest and most sought-after young women in Virginia society, she was immediately denounced as a ruined Jezebel, and the great orator Patrick Henry and future Supreme Court Justice John Marshall were retained to defend her in her sensational trial.". "It is the true story of the privileged and pampered children of the new country's aristocratic families as they struggle to find their place in an increasingly democratic America, where their values and position in society are under siege. Above all, it is the story of the indomitable Nancy Randolph, who is hounded out of Virginia by a scandal that will haunt her and everyone she loves for the rest of their lives."--BOOK JACKET.
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