The dead duke, his secret wife, and the missing corpse
Privacy
False imprisonment
Great britain, history, victoria, 1837-1901
Eccentrics and eccentricities
Fraud
Great britain, social life and customs
Death and burial
Secrecy
Missing persons
Biography
History
"One of the most notorious and bizarre mysteries of the Edwardian age, for readers who loved The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher. At the close of the Victorian era, as now, privacy was power. The extraordinarily wealthy 5th Duke of Portland had a mania for it, hiding in his horsedrawn carriage and creatin…
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