Author: Michael Litchfield
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
ISBN: 1786060930
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The scandalous debauchery of the playboy tenth Earl of Shaftesbury sent seismic shock waves through the British aristocracy. One of the richest men in the country, he abandoned his loyal wife and two sons for a depraved life of drunken orgies, cocaine and bed-hopping in the South of France. His riotous romp plumbed the depths when he divorced the mother of his children to marry a foreign prostitute, whom he treated lavishly. Within two years, however, he was planning to divorce her to install another from his stable of swingers as Countess and chatelaine of his Dorset mansion and estates. But ugly fate caught up with him. After being reported missing in November 2004, his skeletal remains were found several months later among household rubbish in what had once been a beauty spot on the ritzy French Riviera. The Countess and her psychopath brother were convicted of the premeditated murder, committed in a desperate attempt to retain the titled status and a lion's share of the inheritance before the Earl had changed his will. The full, tawdry story has never been told - until now. People privy to the Earl's darkest secrets have been tracked down and have filled in vital gaps never revealed or published before. In this meticulously researched book, the author has unearthed truths beyond the most warped imagination. This is the shocking true account of how an ancient and distinguished aristocratic family found its reputation blackened almost beyond repair.
Murder Of Lord Shaftesbury,the
Author: Michael Litchfield
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
ISBN: 1786060930
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The scandalous debauchery of the playboy tenth Earl of Shaftesbury sent seismic shock waves through the British aristocracy. One of the richest men in the country, he abandoned his loyal wife and two sons for a depraved life of drunken orgies, cocaine and bed-hopping in the South of France. His riotous romp plumbed the depths when he divorced the mother of his children to marry a foreign prostitute, whom he treated lavishly. Within two years, however, he was planning to divorce her to install another from his stable of swingers as Countess and chatelaine of his Dorset mansion and estates. But ugly fate caught up with him. After being reported missing in November 2004, his skeletal remains were found several months later among household rubbish in what had once been a beauty spot on the ritzy French Riviera. The Countess and her psychopath brother were convicted of the premeditated murder, committed in a desperate attempt to retain the titled status and a lion's share of the inheritance before the Earl had changed his will. The full, tawdry story has never been told - until now. People privy to the Earl's darkest secrets have been tracked down and have filled in vital gaps never revealed or published before. In this meticulously researched book, the author has unearthed truths beyond the most warped imagination. This is the shocking true account of how an ancient and distinguished aristocratic family found its reputation blackened almost beyond repair.
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
ISBN: 1786060930
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The scandalous debauchery of the playboy tenth Earl of Shaftesbury sent seismic shock waves through the British aristocracy. One of the richest men in the country, he abandoned his loyal wife and two sons for a depraved life of drunken orgies, cocaine and bed-hopping in the South of France. His riotous romp plumbed the depths when he divorced the mother of his children to marry a foreign prostitute, whom he treated lavishly. Within two years, however, he was planning to divorce her to install another from his stable of swingers as Countess and chatelaine of his Dorset mansion and estates. But ugly fate caught up with him. After being reported missing in November 2004, his skeletal remains were found several months later among household rubbish in what had once been a beauty spot on the ritzy French Riviera. The Countess and her psychopath brother were convicted of the premeditated murder, committed in a desperate attempt to retain the titled status and a lion's share of the inheritance before the Earl had changed his will. The full, tawdry story has never been told - until now. People privy to the Earl's darkest secrets have been tracked down and have filled in vital gaps never revealed or published before. In this meticulously researched book, the author has unearthed truths beyond the most warped imagination. This is the shocking true account of how an ancient and distinguished aristocratic family found its reputation blackened almost beyond repair.
The Terrible Deeds of George L. Shaftesbury, who Killed His Own Mother and Sister
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Category : Murder
Languages : en
Pages : 31
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Category : Murder
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Pages : 31
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The Terrible Deeds of George L. Shaftesbury
Author: J. Elligen
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Category : Assassins
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Category : Assassins
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Lord Shaftesbury
Author: James Joseph Ellis
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Lord Shaftesbury and George Peabody: the Story of Two Great Public Benefactors, Etc
Author: Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury
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Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Pages : 142
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The Terrible Deeds of George L. Shaftesbury who Killed His Own Mother and Fled to New York where He was Joined by the Female Murderer, Marie Lavine
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Languages : en
Pages : 31
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Pages : 31
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Terrible Deeds of George L. Shaftesbury Who Killed His Own Mother and Sister: and Fled to New York Where He Joined the Murderess, Marie Lavine ... Both Executed in Quebec, June 7, 1850, for the Murder of Lord Amel and Family
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Lord Shaftesbury
Author: R. Ed Pengelly
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Shaftesbury
Author: Georgina Battiscombe
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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London ed. has title: Shaftesbury: a biography of the seventh Earl, 1801-1885. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [346]-349.
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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London ed. has title: Shaftesbury: a biography of the seventh Earl, 1801-1885. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [346]-349.
The Shaftesbury Papers
Author: Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780984558018
Category : South Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Shaftesbury Papers, first published in 1897 as volume five of the Collections of the South Carolina Historical Society, is the most important and sweeping accumulation of correspondence relating to South Carolina's founding as a proprietary colony. It is composed largely of the papers of Anthony Ashley Cooper, first Earl of Shaftesbury and foremost of the proprietors responsible for the colony's founding. It details, as no other published document can, the proprietary colony's struggle to survive the Lowcountry's harsh environment and establish a civilization that in many ways resembled England's wealthiest Caribbean colony, Barbados. The Shaftesbury Papers is an invaluable resource for historians, genealogists, and those interested in South Carolina's early years. This reprint edition includes a preface by Robert M. Weir, professor emeritus of history at the University of South Carolina, and an introduction by Charles H. Lesser of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780984558018
Category : South Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Shaftesbury Papers, first published in 1897 as volume five of the Collections of the South Carolina Historical Society, is the most important and sweeping accumulation of correspondence relating to South Carolina's founding as a proprietary colony. It is composed largely of the papers of Anthony Ashley Cooper, first Earl of Shaftesbury and foremost of the proprietors responsible for the colony's founding. It details, as no other published document can, the proprietary colony's struggle to survive the Lowcountry's harsh environment and establish a civilization that in many ways resembled England's wealthiest Caribbean colony, Barbados. The Shaftesbury Papers is an invaluable resource for historians, genealogists, and those interested in South Carolina's early years. This reprint edition includes a preface by Robert M. Weir, professor emeritus of history at the University of South Carolina, and an introduction by Charles H. Lesser of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.