The Portland Peerage Romance |
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| Author:
| Archard, Charles J. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4385-9046-2 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Publisher: | Standard Publications, Inc.
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| Imprint: | Book Jungle |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $2.45 |
Book Description:
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This work published in 1907, describes the lives and histories of the Bentinck family who were the various Dukes and Duchesses of Portland, England. In 1897 a widow, Anna Maria Druce, claimed that the Duke had led a double life as her father-in-law, a London upholsterer by the name of Thomas Charles Druce, who had supposedly died in 1864. The widow claimed that the Duke had faked the death of his alter ego Druce to return to a secluded aristocratic life and that therefore her son was...
More DescriptionThis work published in 1907, describes the lives and histories of the Bentinck family who were the various Dukes and Duchesses of Portland, England. In 1897 a widow, Anna Maria Druce, claimed that the Duke had led a double life as her father-in-law, a London upholsterer by the name of Thomas Charles Druce, who had supposedly died in 1864. The widow claimed that the Duke had faked the death of his alter ego Druce to return to a secluded aristocratic life and that therefore her son was heir to the Portland estate. The court refused to open the grave so the controversy went on until 1907 when the grave was finally examined and the mystery of the Duke's body was finally solved.