Free Love: The Story of a Great American Scandal

by Robert Shaplen

A wry, instructive, and hugely entertaining account of "one of the most sensational trials in American history" (New York Times Book Review).

On the night of July 3, 1870, Elizabeth Tilton confessed to her husband that she'd had an affair with their pastor, Henry Ward Beecher. This secret would soon transfix America, for Beecher was the most famous preacher of the day, founder of the most fashionable church in Brooklyn Heights,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1946022918
• ISBN13: 9781946022912
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: McNally Editions
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 8.5"