Anne de Courcy

Shock tactics: the flamboyant life of a Hanoverian maid of honour

Elizabeth Chudleigh courted scandal all her life, and her secret marriage and trial for bigamy are vividly described by Catherine Ostler

Elizabeth Chudleigh as Iphigenia at the Venetian ambassador’s masquerade. Credit: Bridgeman Images
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  • The Duchess Countess: The Woman Who Scandalised a Nation

    Catherine Ostler

    Simon & Schuster, pp. 320, £20

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