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• catalog abstract "This volume reconstructs a century of controversy surrounding the Cavendish-Bentick families, 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.".
• catalog contributor b12737300.
• catalog contributor b12737301.
• catalog coverage "Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Fiction.".
• catalog created "2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
• catalog description "This volume reconstructs a century of controversy surrounding the Cavendish-Bentick families, 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.".
• catalog description "Trouble in the cemetery -- An uncomfortable childhood -- Increased expectations -- Sweet sixteen -- A proud father -- A man of mystery -- Enter Disraeli -- A death in the family -- The Duke Is dead, long live the Duke -- Going underground -- A pauper's grave -- The death of Mr. Druce -- Dr. Harmer and the madhouse -- A revelation -- Sidney's birthright -- Lifting the stones -- Revelation upon revelation -- George Hollamby's case -- Sensation upon sensation -- Great barristers in battle -- Opening the coffin -- The fate of the witnesses -- Return to the status quo -- The Dukes of Portland -- The main characters -- Timeline of the lives of the fifth Duke of Portland and Thomas Charles Druce.".
• catalog extent "viii, 311 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0786710454".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers,".
• catalog spatial "Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Fiction.".
• catalog subject "823/.914 21".
• catalog subject "Aristocracy (Social class) Fiction.".
• catalog subject "Bentinck family Fiction.".
• catalog subject "Cavendish family Fiction.".
• catalog subject "Inheritance and succession Fiction.".
• catalog subject "Nobility Fiction.".
• catalog subject "PR6106.R44 D57 2003".
• catalog subject "Portland, William Henry Cavendish Scott Bentinck, Duke of, 1768-1854 Fiction.".
• catalog subject "Upper class families Fiction.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Trouble in the cemetery -- An uncomfortable childhood -- Increased expectations -- Sweet sixteen -- A proud father -- A man of mystery -- Enter Disraeli -- A death in the family -- The Duke Is dead, long live the Duke -- Going underground -- A pauper's grave -- The death of Mr. Druce -- Dr. Harmer and the madhouse -- A revelation -- Sidney's birthright -- Lifting the stones -- Revelation upon revelation -- George Hollamby's case -- Sensation upon sensation -- Great barristers in battle -- Opening the coffin -- The fate of the witnesses -- Return to the status quo -- The Dukes of Portland -- The main characters -- Timeline of the lives of the fifth Duke of Portland and Thomas Charles Druce.".
• catalog title "The disappearing duke : the improbable tale of an eccentric English family / Tom Freeman-Keel and Andrew Crofts.".
• catalog type "Domestic fiction. lcsh".
• catalog type "Domestic fiction.".
• catalog type "Historical fiction. gsafd".
• catalog type "text".