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The bigamy trial that scandalised Georgian England

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Historian and author Catherine Ostler relates the tale of Elizabeth Chudleigh, a glamorous Duchess-Countess whose high-profile bigamy trial fascinated Georgian society. She also charts how Chudleigh managed to reinvent herself after this very public downfall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.6

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1:02.3

I'm Ellie Gawthorne. In April 1776, as George Washington's forces were preparing to defend New York,

1:07.8

and Britain faced the loss of its American colonies. London's society and its newspapers were focused not on events across the Atlantic, but on the trial of a widowed

1:12.7

Duchess Countess, Elizabeth Chudley. The charge against her, bigamy. Elizabeth's trial

1:19.4

would become one of the most famous of the age, igniting the interest of two future kings and the

1:25.3

glittering social set of the day. In today's episode, you'll be

1:29.2

hearing from the author and historian Catherine Ostler, whose new book, The Duchess Countess,

1:35.6

the woman who scandalised a nation, reconsider Chudley's story and their reaction of Georgian society.

1:42.6

Putting the questions to Catherine was our acting digital editor, Eleanor Evans.

1:47.7

So we are talking today about your new book, which is Duchess Countess,

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