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Wedlock: How Georgian Britain’s Worst Husband Met His Match
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Wedlock: How Georgian Britain’s Worst Husband Met His Match

When
Thursday 21 January 2027
16:00 – 17:00
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Price
£5–8
Online-only £5 or in-person £8 face value; Eventbrite fees are £1.13 and £1.38 respectively.
Where
Benjamin Franklin House
36 Craven Street, London, WC2N 5NF
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Historian and author Wendy Moore discusses Mary Eleanor Bowes’s struggle against an abusive Georgian marriage.

Moore recounts the wealth, coercion and legal battle at the heart of Bowes’s story, drawing on her book Wedlock. The talk is offered in person at Benjamin Franklin House and online.

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georgian historyhybridwendy moorewomen’s history

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£5–8Online-only £5 or in-person £8 face value; Eventbrite fees are £1.13 and £1.38 respectively.
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