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Index
Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
1. Discrimination and Diversities: The Development of Breach of Promise 1780-1815
2. Artful and Abandoned Hussies: The Heyday of Breach of Promise 1816-1869
3. A Substitute for a Shotgun? The Decline of Breach of Promise 1870-1970
4. All the World’s a Stage: The Legal System and Breach of Promise
5. Escaping from the Spider’s Web: Defences to Claims for Breach of Promise
6. Proverbial for their Extravagance: Damages paid for Breach of Promise
7. The Court of Public Opinion: Women who failed with Breach of Promise Claims
8. Debt, Despair, Divorce and Death: The Dark Side of Breach of Promise
9. The Real Miss Havishams: The Myths and Realities of Breach of Promise
10. In Want of a Wife? Breach of Promise Cases pursued by Men
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Notes for Family Historians
Appendix 2: Notes for Researchers
Appendix 3: Money Matters
Appendix 4: List of Cases
Appendix 5: Glossary of Legal Terms
Bibliography and Sources
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