The book takes the devastating 1833 cholera epidemic as its dramatic center and expands beyond this episode to explore love, lust, lies, and midwives.
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The book takes the devastating 1833 cholera epidemic as its dramatic center and expands beyond this episode to explore love, lust, lies, andmidwives.
The book takes the devastating 1833 cholera epidemic as its dramatic center and expands beyond this episode to explore love, lust, lies, and midwives.
Pomp and pageantry, impiety and obscenity -- Birthdays, patron saints, and names for newborns -- Pregnancy, privacy, and parish priests -- But if you do not love him? -- Men remembering romance (and other reasons to marry) -- Inventing love stories -- True wedding portraits -- W…
This book takes the devastating 1833 cholera epidemic as its dramatic center and expands beyond this episode to explore love, lust, lies, and midwives. Parish archives and other sources tell us human stories about the intimate decisions, hopes, aspirations, and religious commitm…