title: The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse: An Extraordinary Edwardian Case of Deception and Intrigue
author: Piu Eatwell
description: A juicy narrative history packed with revelations about unsavory goings-on among the upper classes in late Victorian England.<br /> - <strong>Kate Tuttle, <em>Boston Globe</em></strong><br /><br />As the best books in this genre do, Eatwell's narrative expands to give us a broad view of the cultural and social circumstances existing in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuriesHer book is also a reminder that no matter what stories have captured popular tastes right nownothing quite takes your breath away like a Novemberish tale that turns out to be real.<br /> - <strong>Nick Owchar, <em>Los Angeles Review of Books</em></strong><br /><br />A superb unraveling of a sensational mysteryand an absolutely gripping read.<br /> - <strong>David King, best-selling author of <em>Death in the City of Light</em></strong><br /><br />A lively account of the light shone on the lies, deceit and hypocrisy of Victorian society.<br /> - <strong><em>Times (London)</em></strong><br /><br />A riveting true crime from yesteryear.<br /> - <strong><em>Better Homes & Gardens</em></strong><br /><br />Fusing an excellent historical eye with an engaging narrativeEatwell's history is equal parts bizarre and literary, presenting the emphasis without bias so that, until the very end, its unclear whos telling the truth. This true crime story would be perfect fodder if <em>Law & Order</em> ever decides to launch a 19th-century spinoff.<br /> - <strong><em>BUST</em></strong><br /><br />Its <em>Downton Abbey</em> meets <em>The Addams Family</em> in Piu Marie Eatwells <em>The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse</em>, a delightfully offbeat history of a bizarre Edwardian legal case that became tabloid fodder and kept the British public spellbound for a decade. Eatwells marvelous book reads like a Wilkie Collins gothic novel, but at times truth is stranger than fiction.<br /> - <strong>Wilda Williams, <em>Library Journal (Editor's Fall Picks)</em></strong><br /><br />Madness, guilt, eccentricity, subterfugePiu Marie Eatwell's study of the Druce case has it all: the eccentric dukes, liaisons below stairs, extraordinary claims in courts of chancery, exhumations, high-Victorian catacombs, famous detectives. Like all good whodunits, the story of the Duke of Portland and his fortune makes compelling reading.<br /> - <strong>M. J. Trow, author of theInspector Lestradedetective series</strong><br /><br />An eccentric duke, a mysterious claimant to the title, a long legal battle to open a grave in pursuit of a huge fortuneit's a thoroughly engrossing story, in the best traditions of Mr. Whicher.<br /> - <strong>Nicholas Best, author of<em>Five Days That Shocked the World</em></strong>
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  The Duke’s Library
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Laura Cabrerizo
  
  
  The Duke’s Library
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Published through Amazon
  
  
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  Copyright © 2018 Laura Cabrerizo
  
  
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events,
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  used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or
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  Table of Contents
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0000_split_003.xhtml#_Toc528090441)
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0000_split_005.xhtml#_Toc528090442)
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0000_split_006.xhtml#_Toc