The Criminal Conversation of Mrs Norton
Author: Atkinson, Diane
ISBN: 9780099556480
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 Jul 2013
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback / softback
The extraordinary story of the first campaigner for women's rights in the legal system
Caroline Norton, born in 1808, was a society beauty, poet and pamphleteer. Her good looks and wit attracted many male admirers, first her husband, the Honourable George Norton, and then the Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne.
After years of simmering jealousy, George Norton accused Caroline and the Prime Minister of a 'criminal conversation' (adultery) resulting in a trial referred to as 'the scandal of the century'.
Cut off and bankrupted by George Norton, she went on to become one of the most important figures in changing the law for wives and mothers.
ISBN: 9780099556480
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 Jul 2013
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback / softback
The extraordinary story of the first campaigner for women's rights in the legal system
Caroline Norton, born in 1808, was a society beauty, poet and pamphleteer. Her good looks and wit attracted many male admirers, first her husband, the Honourable George Norton, and then the Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne.
After years of simmering jealousy, George Norton accused Caroline and the Prime Minister of a 'criminal conversation' (adultery) resulting in a trial referred to as 'the scandal of the century'.
Cut off and bankrupted by George Norton, she went on to become one of the most important figures in changing the law for wives and mothers.
