![]() Although more of a mystery with hints of deception, Eatwell does chronicle the various criminal activities that came out of the case, which add to the drama of what is already an almost unbelievable story.Īn image from an undated periodical from the turn of the century showing Anna Maria Druce at the grave of her father-in-law in Highgate Cemetery In a manner that is highly readable, and surprisingly clear given the confusion of the whole affair, Eatwell traces the case, the investigation, and the decades long court proceedings from start to finish, ultimately revealing the truth of the entire matter by the close of the work. As Eatwell so deftly details over the course of the book, the Portland-Druce Affair was complex and produced a tangled web of differing narratives, a host of claimants from around the world seeking a payout, and deception and forgery at every turn. In an effort to prove that her late father-in-law had indeed faked his death, Anna Maria petitioned for the exhumation of his supposedly empty coffin. Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire, the family seat of the Dukes of Portland ![]()
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