Burn This Letter
Love and Trouble in a Marriage of Four
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2026
John Murray Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-3998-0622-0 (ISBN)
John Murray Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-3998-0622-0 (ISBN)
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The fascinating story of an Edwardian husband swap, against a backdrop of suffragettes, seances, politics and the birth of the supposed new Messiah, from award-winning historian, Susan Pedersen.
'BURN THIS!' Why did so many letters between Lady Frances and Lady Betty begin this way? What did they have to hide?
Alike in so many ways - political, passionate, argumentative and deeply intelligent. It's no surprise that once Frances and Betty became sisters-in-law, they became close friends. There was just one problem. Frances was in love with Betty's husband. Their unconventional solution they found was an 'experiment in living', a ménage à quatre. Setting up homes on the same street, they shared everything: money, meals, governesses, and husbands.
When Susan Pedersen discovered their amazing cache of letters, she was spellbound. Her book follows their extraordinary friendship as both women seized every freedom afforded to them by the changing times, leaving their drawing rooms for the streets and the soapbox, joining the fight for the women's vote.
This is the untold story of two women - radicals, rivals, sisters - who carved a path together through an elite male world, sharing their ideals, their heartbreaks, and most of all, their secrets.
'BURN THIS!' Why did so many letters between Lady Frances and Lady Betty begin this way? What did they have to hide?
Alike in so many ways - political, passionate, argumentative and deeply intelligent. It's no surprise that once Frances and Betty became sisters-in-law, they became close friends. There was just one problem. Frances was in love with Betty's husband. Their unconventional solution they found was an 'experiment in living', a ménage à quatre. Setting up homes on the same street, they shared everything: money, meals, governesses, and husbands.
When Susan Pedersen discovered their amazing cache of letters, she was spellbound. Her book follows their extraordinary friendship as both women seized every freedom afforded to them by the changing times, leaving their drawing rooms for the streets and the soapbox, joining the fight for the women's vote.
This is the untold story of two women - radicals, rivals, sisters - who carved a path together through an elite male world, sharing their ideals, their heartbreaks, and most of all, their secrets.
Professor Susan Pedersen has taught British History at Columbia and Harvard for over thirty years. She writes regularly for the LRB and is the author of several books including The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire, which won the Cundhill Prize for Historical Literature in 2015.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.5.2026 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 240 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3998-0622-X / 139980622X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3998-0622-0 / 9781399806220 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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