Secret Child: The Powerful True Story of the Boy Who Was Hidden from the World

Gordon, Lewis

Andrew Crofts

HarperElement

An inspiring guide for everyone who would like to earn money from writing. Includes advice on: what to write and how to sell it; ghost writing, travel writing, fiction, television and radio scripts, newspaper and magazine journalism; making contacts, agents, and how to get commission; how to turn your writing skills into a business.

The Freelance Writer's Handbook : How to Make Money and Enjoy Your Life

Literature & Fiction

Piatkus Books

<p>Shortly after the fourth Duke of Portland died in 1854, the fifth duke began construction of a fantastic underground palace beneath the family's estate. Was it a physical representation of a secret underground life he was living as a London businessman with two families? In this work of historical detection, the authors reconstruct a century of controversy surrounding the Cavendish-Benticks, culminating in one of the most bizarre and publicized cases the British courts have ever seen. A man steeped in layers of deliberately manufactured mystery, the fifth Duke of Portland—unmarried and childless—started life as Lord John Bentick, became the Marquess of Tichfield upon the suspicious death of his elder brother, and passed on his title to a cousin when he perished in 1879. But some claimed that he had forged a second identity as Thomas Druce, owner of the Baker Street Bazaar and subject of countless rumors about his secretive lifestyle throughout British high society. Druce allegedly died in 1864, but his burial produced suspicion when it was claimed his coffin was filled with lead rather than a corpse. When Druce's daughter-in-law surmised that he might have survived for 15 more years, she set out to shake the foundations of British society by proving that her son, Sidney Druce, was the rightful heir to the dukedom. In a legal battle straight out of Alice in Wonderland—with accusations of madness, perjury, and even grave robbing—the previously unassailable aristocratic establishment threatened to topple. The Disappearing Duke is a most extraordinary and improbable tale that will delight history buffs, mystery lovers, Anglophiles, and anyone who delights in the absurd. An index with sources is included.</p>

The Disappearing Duke: The Improbable Tale of an Eccentric English Family

History

Tom Freeman-Keel

Europe

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The Disappearing Duke: The Intriguing Tale of an Eccentric English Family - The Story of the Mysterious 5th Duke of Portland

Biographies & Memoirs

Seek Publishing

<p>Presentado por Betty Mahgoody, autora de No sin mi hija, este estremecedor documento verídico ha alcanzado una extraordinario resonancia: en cuarto semanas se imprimieron en Francia 220,000 ejemplares de Vendidas, con un promedio de 10.000 ejemplares y valerosa denuncia se inscribe por derecho propio entre los testimonios mas abrumadores acerca de la opresión de la mujer en la sociedad contemporánea.</p>

Vendidas (Spanish Edition)

Zanah Muhsen

Seix-Barral

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