A Scandalous Life. Mary S. Lovell

      

       A Scandalous Life

      The Biography of Jane Digby

      MARY S. LOVELL

       Copyright

      First published in Great Britain in 1995 by Richard Cohen Books

      Paperback edition first published 1996 by

      Fourth Estate

      A Division of HarperCollinsPublishers

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      Copyright © 1995 by Mary S. Lovell

      The right of Mary S. Lovell to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

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       Dedication

      This book is dedicated to

      Joan Williams

      to whom I owe a great deal;

      she knows why.

      And also to my aunt

      Winifred Wooley

      who is a great lady.

       Epigraph

      ‘How could this Lady Ellenborough, whose scandalous life is known to all the world, have deceived you, Your Majesty?’

       Letter to King Ludwig I from his mistress’s maid

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Preface

1 Golden Childhood 1807–1823

2 The Débutante 1824

3 Lady Ellenborough 1825–1827

4 A Dangerous Attraction 1827–1829

5 Assignation in Brighton 1829–1830

6 A Fatal Notoriety 1830–1831

       7 Jane and the King 1831–1833

       8 Ianthe’s Secret 1833–1835

       9 A Duel for the Baroness 1836–1840

       10 False Colours 1840–1846

       11 The Queen’s Rival 1846–1852

       12 The Road to Damascus 1853

       13 Arabian Nights 1853–1854

       14 Honeymoon in Palmyra 1854–1855

       15 Wife to the Sheikh 1855–1856

       16 Return to England 1856–1858

       17 Alone in Palmyra 1858–1859

       18 The Massacre 1860–1861

       19 Visitors from England 1862–1863

       20 The Sitt el Mezrab 1863–1867

       21 Challenge by Ouadjid 1867–1869

       22 The Burtons 1870–1871

       23 Untimely Obituary 1871–1878

       24 Sunset Years 1878–1881

       25 Funeral in Damascus 1881

       Appendix: Last Will and Testament of the Hon. Jane Digby

       Epilogue