JUDICIAL DRAMAS Some Society Causes Celebres.

Hardback. Among the astonishing cases featuring in this book are those of : Queen Caroline, and the mountebank Bergami for whom she imperilled her reputation; the filibustering Colonel Blood, who stole the Crown jewels in broad daylight; the Countess of Elgin and My Ladies Ellenborough and Honyman, whose matrimonial misadventures were the subject of legal proceedings; the Lord Palmerston, who boldly fought and won an impudent blackmailing action that was deliberately launched to discredit him; the pinchbeck Baron de Vidil, who for years imposed himself on London Society; and the chivalrous (but sadly misguided) champion of lost causes, Sir Robert Wilson. Contents also include : the Case of the Earl of Cardigan; Admiral Codrington, The Hon. John Colborne, and Governor Wall. Illus., Index. 323pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. V.v. lightly foxed fore-edge, o/w F. in v. sl. chipped and creased Vg. dw. A fairly heavy book which may require additional postage.