Wallop, John, 3rd Earl of Portsmouth; Foyster, Elizabeth

THE TRIALS OF THE KING OF HAMPSHIRE: Madness, Secrecy and Betrayal in Georgian England.

Pp. xxxviii+330, 8 coloured plates, notes, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in red; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Oneworld London, 2016. First edition. *'The 3rd earl of Portsmouth was a peculiar man but, by most accounts, a harmless one. . . but at the age of fifty-five his own family set out to have him declared insane. . . . Amid accusations of abductions, sodomy, blackmail and violence, jurors have to decide if Portsmouth is just a shy, stammering eccentric with foolish habits or a sinister madman attempting to mask his dangerous and immoral nature' [wrapper blurb]. Item #179699

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