Decadent Divorce: Scandal and Sensation in Victorian Britain - Hardcover

by Ruth Derham (Author)

• By looking at divorce in the context of wider society, the book offers a fascinating lens through which to view Victorian life
• Meticulously researched with an emphasis on original sources
• Writing in an entertaining style, Ruth Derham offers a superbly readable drama of an era of courtroom combustion and moral hand-wringing

Author Biography

Ruth Derham is the author of a biography of the radical aristocrat Frank Russell, titled Bertrand's Brother, and the co-editor of a new volume of Lionel Johnson's Winchester Letters. Her longstanding interest in Victorian society developed into Decadent Divorce and underpins and informs her current research into the life of Virginia Mary Crawford. Ruth lives and works in Wiltshire, UK.