Inheritance: The Tragedy of Mary Davies: Property & Madness in Eighteenth-Century London Hollis Leo
The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness, forced marriages and how the super-rich came to own London 'Hollis expertly weaves together the human tragedy and high…
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The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness, forced marriages and how the super-rich came to own London 'Hollis expertly weaves together the human tragedy and high politics behind the explosion of one of the world's greatest cities.' Dan SnowThe reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness, forced marriages and how the super-rich came to own LondonIn June 1701, a young widow wakes up in a hotel room in Paris and finds a man in her bed. Within hours they are married. Yet three weeks later, the bride flees to London and swears that she had never agreed to the wedding. So begins one of the most intriguing stories of madness, tragic passion and the curse of inheritance.Inheritance charts the forgotten life of Mary Davies, born in London during the Great Plague of 1665, and the fate of