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Kierner, Cynthia A.

 
9780813952147: Scandal at Bizarre: Rumor and Reputation in Jefferson's America
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 081395214X ISBN 13 : 9780813952147
Editeur : University of Virginia Press, 2024

Synopsis

In the early 1790s Richard Randolph was accused of fathering a child by his sister-in-law, Nancy, and murdering the baby shortly after its birth. Rumors about the incident, which occurred during a visit to the plantation of close family friends, spread like wildfire. Randolph found himself on trial for the crime largely because of the public outrage fueled by these rumors. The rest of the household suffered too, and only Nancy, who later married the esteemed New York statesman Gouverneur Morris, would find any degree of happiness. A tale of family passion, betrayal, and deception, Scandal at Bizarre is a fascinating historical portrait of the social and political realities of a world long vanished.

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À propos de l'auteur

Cynthia A. Kierner, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, is author of Beyond the Household: Womenís Place in the Early South, 1700-1835 and Traders and Gentlefolk: The Livingstons of New York, 1675-1790.

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Éditeur
University of Virginia Press
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
081395214X
ISBN 13 
9780813952147
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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