The most beautiful man in existence : the scandalous life of Alexander Lesassier

The most beautiful man in existence : the scandalous life of Alexander Lesassier / Lisa Rosner.

1833, Catherine Jane Hamilton returned from India to Edinburgh to seek a divorce from her husband, the physician Alexander Lesassier. The charge was adultery, and proof for it lay in a trunk containing her husband's personal papers. Catherine won her suit without difficulty and the trunk was de...

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Main Author: Rosner, Lisa
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.
Subjects:
Hamilton, Alexander Lesassier, > 1787-1839.
Hamilton, Alexander Lesassier, > 1787-1839
1700-1899
Physicians > Great Britain > Biography.
Physicians > Scotland > Edinburgh > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Manners and customs
Physicians
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 18th century.
Great Britain
Scotland > Edinburgh
Biographies
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