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An Apology for the Life of Major General Gunning - A Full Explanation of the Gunning Mystery, and the Author's Connexion with Mr. Duberly's Family of Soho Square (Paperback, Annotated edition)
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An Apology for the Life of Major General Gunning - A Full Explanation of the Gunning Mystery, and the Author's Connexion with Mr. Duberly's Family of Soho Square (Paperback, Annotated edition)
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Mentioned in despatches at Bunker Hill, brother to the Duchess of
Argyll and the Countess of Coventry, John Gunning occupied an
enviable position in Georgian society, but in 1792 his whole life
started to unravel... It all started with forged correspondence
between his daughter Elizabeth and the Marquess of Blandford. Was
Elizabeth, her garrulous mother, her dissipated father, the
sinister Essex Bowen or someone else responsible? The Apology,
published in 1792, gives a first-hand account of Gunning's many
seductions (including apparently 2 duchesses, 14 countesses, 4
viscountesses and 7 baronesses) and purports to explain the
so-called 'Gunning Mystery' - the story behind the correspondence
but fails to do so. The book also tells how the General, described
by Lord Kenyon as 'an hoary, abominable, degraded creature, '
betrayed the man who had rescued him from a debtors' prison by
seducing his wife. But is the Apology itself a forgery? Although
there are indications that it may be, this memoir displays an
extremely good understanding of the Gunnings, perhaps too good to
be the work of an outsider. In this new, annotated and illustrated
edition, Gerrish Gray delves into the fascinating world of Georgian
society which is both refined and seedy. Gerrish Gray unearths
prosecutions for other forgeries (and capital offences at that)
perpetrated by one of the suspects in the Gunning Mystery. These
point to the true identity of the culprit in the Gunning Mystery.
Nonetheless, there are plenty of mysteries left: What led Gunning
to marry the foolish Susannah Minifie? What was the bond between
Gunning and James Duberley, the man who supplied his regiment's
uniforms? Gerrish Gray is a retired historian who prefers to remain
pseudonymous.
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