Books by Wendy Moore
“You couldn’t make this up. If it were a novel, you’d think it was too much. But it’s a true story, that’s what makes it so extraordinary. Moore shows how Mary Eleanor Bowes was not just imprisoned by her husband, but also by 18th century society and law. The moment you married, as a woman, you lost everything. Wedlock reads like a crime story, an absolute page-turner. And it has the most fabulous title.” Read more...
The Best Biographies of 18th-Century Figures
Andrea Wulf, Historian
Interviews where books by Wendy Moore were recommended
The Best Biographies of 18th-Century Figures, recommended by Andrea Wulf
A great biography should be a readable and deeply-researched story of a person whose life and times can teach us something of our own, explains Andrea Wulf—author of a highly anticipated new biography of the explorer George Forster. Here, she recommends five biographies about 18th-century figures, including a landmark account of the life of Goethe and a Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential biography.
The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages, recommended by Nancy Goldstone
The author of The Maid and the Queen takes us on an enjoyable ride through European history, looking at well-connected women who outwitted their husbands or asserted their independence.
