This splendid book, well researched and richly detailed, is as gripping as any novel DAILY TELEGRAPH Wedlock is the best biography that I have read in a long time. It's gripping, addictive and painstakingly researched MAIL ON SUNDAY The remarkable story of one woman's triumph over years of appalling violence and abuse DAILY EXPRESS How Mary, with the help of a loyal servant, struggled to escape Stoney's clutches is the breathless and inspirational climax of this fine book TIMES Mesmerising ... e...ntertainingly digressive and rigorously researched FINANCIAL TIMES Mary's escape, her abduction by Stoney and dramatic rescue are grippingly told INDEPENDENT Moore has meticulously constructed an ever more compelling tale GUARDIAN Gallops headlong towards an unbelievably tense denouement which any work of Hollywood fiction would struggle to match SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY Biography needs more Wendy Moores NEW YORK TIMES Moore, mistress of suspense, writes in the gripping language of a thriller...This book has it all - the blackest of villains, the strongest friendship, kidnap, abortions, riches and all completely true. OBSERVER 'Moore fashions a gripping narrative' SUNDAY TIMES 'Wendy Moore tells her tale with gusto' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Beginning with a bloody duel and the deathbed marriage of one of the combatants, this torrent of a biography sweeps the reader along... Mary's prolonged, audacious struggle to extricate herself from this marriage is a natch for Hollywood. INDEPENDENT gripping and meticulous DAILY TELEGRAPH This lurid tale of high-society sadism grips from the first page. INDEPENDENT rip-roaring SUNDAY EVENING POST Moore paints a fresh, vivid picture of the age GOOD BOOK GUIDE