• Jane Bigelow, an American diplomat's wife who was described as an incubus in love with Dickens. Was she?
• Mrs. Lizzie Eckel, who was an American adventuress. Did neglect and abuse play a role in her trajectory?
• Mrs. Maria Manning, who was hung for murder along with her husband in 1849. Once a respected lady's maid in a noble household, how might this have come about?
• Maria Monk, who is overwhelmingly judged a liar about the abuse of nuns by priests in Montreal. Can we be certain she was not telling the truth?
• The Dowager Duchess of Montrose, who married a man a third of her age. Did she abuse her power?
• Ouida, the novelist whose military heroes were widely admired and whose anonymity kept the public guessing. How did she do it?
• Lady Florence Paget, the belle of 1864, whose three husbands bred and gambled on horses. What chance did she have?
• Mrs. Georgina Weldon, who was considered unreasonable in her treatment of Gounod when he lived in her home, Tavistock House. What was going on?
• Oscar Wilde, when he was writing An Ideal Husband. Was there a contemporary scandal underpinning the plot?

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