title: Unquiet Lives: Marriage and Marriage Breakdown in England, 1660-1800 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)
author: Joanne Bailey
description: "It is lucidly written, beautifully organzied, and painstakingly researched." <br /> Journal of Social History, Reform and Social Change<br /><br />"This is a deeply researched and carefully argued book, and it makes a very important contribution to both family and gender history. Bailey's work should be immediately influential among family historians, and it should generate much discussion among historians of gender. Indeed, in a field already rich with the subtle works of such authors as Margaret Hunt, Laura Gowing, and Anna Clark, Bailey stakes out her own ground and demands that we continue to reassess and render more nuanced our understanding of ideologies and experiences of patriarchy and gender relationships in the eighteenth century." <br />H-Albion
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  Secrets of the marriage bed...
  
  Heiress Adelaide Ashfield lost her trust in men years ago. She spurns the
  advances of society’s most eligible bachelors, but time is running out. Forced
  to make her choice, Adelaide accepts the hand of Gabriel Hughes, Earl of
  Wesley.
  
  Despite his debauched reputation, Gabriel shies away from intimacy. But his
  marriage to Adelaide awakens a desire he never thought he’d feel again. Maybe
  his beguiling new bride is the key to shaking off the shame which has haunted
  him for so long...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Penniless Lords
  
  In want of a wealthy wife
  
  Meet Daniel, Gabriel, Lucien and Francis.
  
  Four lords: each down on his fortune and each in need of a wife of means.
  
  From such beginnings, can these marriages of convenience turn into something
  more treasured than money?
  
  Don’t miss this enthralling new quartet by Sophia James
  
  Read Daniel’s story in  
  MARRIAGE MADE IN MONEY  
  Already available.
  
  And Gabriel’s story in  
  MARRIAGE MADE IN SHAME  
  Out now.