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BRIAN THOMPSON has written for the stage, radio, and television, and has published four novels. He divides his time between Oxford, England, and the South of France.
A hardcover edition of The Disastrous Mrs. Weldon: The Life, Loves, and Lawsuits of a Legendary Victorian was published in 2001 by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc. It was originally published in the United Kingdom as A Monkey Among Crocodiles: The Eccentric Life of Georgina Weldon by HarperCollins Publishers UK.
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First Broadway Books trade paperback edition published 2002
The Library of Congress has cataloged the Doubleday edition as follows:
Thompson, Brian (Brian John William)
[Monkey among crocodiles]
The disastrous Mrs. Weldon: the life, loves, and lawsuits of a legendary Victorian / Brian Thompson.— 1st ed. p. cm.
Originally published as: A monkey among crocodiles. 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Weldon, Georgina, 1837–1914. 2. Great Britain—Biography. I. Title.
CT788.W46 T48 2001
941.08'092—dc21
[B] 00-034032
eISBN: 978-0-7679-1124-5
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