Divorced, Beheaded, Sold. Ending an English Marriage 1500-1847 by Nicolaou, Maria - 2014

Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2014. Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK.

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Pen and Sword Social History, 2014. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No inscriptions. As new.

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Pen and Sword Social History, 2014. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 192pp. Lightly illustrated. Indexed. Laminated card covers (very gentle edge wear to card covers, else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout). Examines how people ended marriages in times before divorce was acceptable - including unofficial methods such as bigamy, or simply moving away. Alternatively, a husband could perform a wife sale, where he led his unwanted wife to market in a halter and sold her to the highest bidder, or, if he could afford it, seek a legal separation through the courts.

Pen and Sword History. New in New dust jacket. 2014. Softcover. 178159340X . "This specific softcover book is in new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers."; "Maria Nicolaou reveals how people ended their marriages in the days before divorce was readily available  from committing bigamy to selling a wife at market. Her book is full of colorful characters and warring spouses, like Con Philips, who fought off her husband with a gun filled with firework powder; the Duke of Grafton, who hired an army of detectives to spy on his wife and obtain proof of her adultery; and Marion Jones, who recruited a gang to take back her property from her husband."; 9.1 X 6.1 X 0.6 inches; 191 pages .