Today, society is shocked by the revelation of Bernard L. Madoff’s “Ponzi Scheme,” and many sources compare his fraud to that of Richard Whitney. However, Madoff is closer in relation to the infamous Le Grande Therese, than the sad case of Whitney. In 1902, a political and financial scandal ro[...]
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Le Divorce, Edwardian Style
With love and marriage, there can unfortunately be divorce. For our Edwardian counterparts, divorce was a difficult and arduous process that could be, depending upon the social circle, a one-way ticket to the cut direct. The law of England regarded marriage as a contract, a status and institution. U[...]
