Author: Bonomi, Patricia U
Title: The Lord Cornbury Scandal - The Politics Of Reputation In British America
Description: University of North Carolina Press - Omohundro Institute of Early America History & Culture, 1998, 1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/F. xiv+290pp, 44 b/w illustrations, index, a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN: 0807824135 ¶ Study of the political career in America of Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury [ 1661 - 1723 ] as Royal Governor of New York & New Jersey between 1702 - 1708. History has not been kind to Cornbury with his career tainted with allegations of corruption, sexual innuendo & scandal. But how much is true & how much just hearsay generated by the fashion at the time for political intrigue?

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