A General Betrayal
The Sufferings and Trials of Carlotta Frances Roddey
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This is the true story a woman swindled out of a fortune by her famous ex-Confederate-general husband, Philip Dale Roddey. You will find this story nowhere else in material about Roddey but it was splashed across the nation in newspapers in 1874 and followed closely by the New York Times.
From the date of their marriage until her trials for grand larceny and perjury, Carlotta Frances (Shotwell) Roddey believed nearly everything her charming southern husband told her. Why wouldn't she? He was 20 years her senior, was friends with President Ulysses S. Grant, and loved to stay in the best hotels in New York and Washington.
The well-invested legacy left by her father had made her rich and she didn't know the man who introduced her to everyone as his wife was a bigamist and adulterer.
While pregnant, her life was turned upside-down. She was arrested, put on trial, and denied by Roddey.
Here are the lurid details by Carlotta herself, with plenty of updated information about the players and the trials. Was she really as naive as she portrays herself in this book? Decide for yourself.
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In 1785, a sensational trial began in Paris that would divide the country and captivate Europe. A leading Catholic cardinal and scion of one of the most distinguished families in France stood accused of forging the queen's signature to obtain the most expensive piece of jewelry in Europe: a 2,800-carat diamond necklace. Where were the diamonds? Was the cardinal innocent? Was, for that matter, the queen?
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5 out of 5 stars
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A History Buff's Guilty Pleasure
- De Kathy en 12-31-14
De: Jonathan Beckman
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The Sewing Girl's Tale
- A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America
- De: John Wood Sweet
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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On a moonless night in the summer of 1793 a crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel—the kind of crime that even victims usually kept secret. Instead, seventeen-year-old seamstress Lanah Sawyer did what virtually no one in US history had done before: she charged a gentleman with rape. Her accusation sparked a raw courtroom drama and a relentless struggle for vindication that threatened both Lanah’s and her assailant’s lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great for history buffs!
- De LibertyHillbilly en 02-09-23
De: John Wood Sweet
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The Dreyfus Affair
- The Scandal That Tore France in Two
- De: Piers Paul Read
- Narrado por: David Pevsner
- Duración: 16 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 92
On October 13, 1894, Captain Dreyfus was summoned by the General de Boisdeffre to the Ministry of War. Despite minimal evidence against him he was placed under arrest for the crime of high treason. Not long afterward Dreyfus was incarcerated on Devil's Island. But how did an innocent man come to be convicted? And why was he kept locked up for so long? The Dreyfus Affair uniquely combines a fast-moving mystery story with a snapshot of France at a moment of great social flux and cultural richness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping look at an important moment in history
- De W. Brian Hall en 10-27-13
De: Piers Paul Read
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The Assassin's Accomplice
- Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
- De: Kate Clifford Larson
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 51
In The Assassin’s Accomplice, historian Kate Clifford Larson tells the gripping story of Mary Surratt, a little-known conspirator in the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln, and the first woman ever to be executed by the federal government. A Confederate sympathizer, Surratt ran the boarding house where the conspirators met to plan Lincoln’s assassination. Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, The Assassin’s Accomplice tells the intricate story of the Lincoln conspiracy through the eyes of its only female participant, offering a fresh perspective on America’s most famous murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Did She or Didn't She
- De c a cornelius en 06-04-21
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The Girl on the Velvet Swing
- Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
- De: Simon Baatz
- Narrado por: Christine Lakin
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 182
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 167
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 166
In 1901 Evelyn Nesbit, a chorus girl, dined alone with the architect Stanford White in his townhouse on 24th Street in New York. Nesbit, just 16 years old, had recently moved to the city. White was 47. As the foremost architect of his day, he was a celebrity. She told no one that White raped her that night until, several years later, she confided in Harry Thaw, the millionaire playboy who would later become her husband. Thaw, thirsting for revenge, shot and killed White in 1906 before hundreds of theatergoers during a performance in Madison Square Garden.
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1 out of 5 stars
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"The Girl" is barely in this book
- De Polly L. Mccall en 07-12-18
De: Simon Baatz
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Queen of Thieves
- The True Story of "Marm" Mandelbaum and Her Gangs of New York
- De: J. North Conway
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 101
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 94
Queen of Thieves is the gritty, fast-paced story of Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum, a poor Jewish woman who rose to the top of her profession in organized crime during the Gilded Age in New York City. During her more than twenty-five-year reign as the country’s top receiver of stolen goods, she accumulated great wealth and power inconceivable for women engaged in business, legitimate or otherwise.
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3 out of 5 stars
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a bit repetitive
- De Andy en 09-19-14
De: J. North Conway
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New York Burning
- Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan
- De: Jill Lepore
- Narrado por: Beth McDonald
- Duración: 7 h y 30 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Over a few weeks in 1741, 10 fires blazed across Manhattan. With each new fire, panicked whites saw more evidence of a slave uprising. Tried and convicted before the colony's Supreme Court, 13 black men were burned at the stake and 17 were hanged. Four whites, the alleged ringleaders of the plot, were also hanged, and seven more were pardoned on condition that they never set foot in New York again.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting
- De Phillip Goodson en 05-15-09
De: Jill Lepore
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American Scoundrel
- The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles
- De: Tom Kenneally
- Narrado por: Humphrey Bower
- Duración: 13 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
On the last, cold Sunday of February 1859, Daniel Sickles shot his wife's lover in Washington's Lafayette Square, just across from the White House. This is the story of that killing and its repercussions. Thomas Keneally brilliantly recreates an extraordinary period, when women were punished for violating codes of society that did not bind men. And the caddish, good-looking Dan Sickles personifies the extremes of the era.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting Good Listen
- De Kindle Customer en 01-10-24
De: Tom Kenneally
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Freedom's Detective
- The Secret Service, the Ku Klux Klan and the Man Who Masterminded America's First War on Terror
- De: Charles Lane
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 10 h
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General4 out of 5 stars 131
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 118
Freedom’s Detective reveals the untold story of the Reconstruction-era US Secret Service and their battle against the Ku Klux Klan, through the career of its controversial chief, Hiram C. Whitle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Evan Review
- De Evan en 06-23-19
De: Charles Lane
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Bringing Down the Colonel
- A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "Powerless" Woman Who Took On Washington
- De: Patricia Miller
- Narrado por: Christina Delaine
- Duración: 13 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
In Bringing Down the Colonel, journalist Patricia Miller tells the story of Madeline Pollard, an unlikely 19th-century women’s rights crusader. After an affair with a prominent politician left her “ruined”, Pollard brought the man - and the hypocrisy of America’s control of women’s sexuality - to trial. And, surprisingly, she won.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stay with it. It is amazing.
- De Living Downeast en 09-29-19
De: Patricia Miller
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Satan's Circus
- Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York's Trial of the Century
- De: Mike Dash
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 12 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 61
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 64
They called it Satan's Circus, a square mile of Midtown Manhattan where vice ruled, sin flourished, and depravity danced in every doorway. At the turn of the 20th century, murder was so common in the vice district that few people were surprised when the loudmouthed owner of a shabby casino was gunned down on the steps of its best hotel.
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4 out of 5 stars
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New York, N.Y
- De Robert en 07-11-07
De: Mike Dash
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The Devil's Gentleman
- Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century
- De: Harold Schechter
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 15 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 198
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 181
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 179
The wayward son of a revered Civil War general, Roland Molineux enjoyed good looks, status, and fortune - hardly the qualities of a prime suspect in a series of shocking, merciless cyanide killings. Molineux's subsequent indictment for murder led to two explosive trials and a sex-infused scandal that shocked the nation. Bringing to life Manhattan's Gilded Age, Schechter captures all the colors of the tumultuous legal proceedings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Book Without an Accompanying Wiki Page Is Always A Treat
- De Carolina en 02-27-17
De: Harold Schechter
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A Man of Honor
- The Autobiography of Joseph Bonanno
- De: Joseph Bonanno
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 14 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 506
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 440
Born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Joseph Bonanno found his future amid the whiskey-running, riotous streets of Prohibition America in 1924, when he illegally entered the United States to pursue his dreams. By the age of only 26, Bonanno became a don. He eventually took over the New York underworld, igniting the "Castellammarese War", one of the bloodiest Family battles ever to hit New York City.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read
- De E. Orlando en 05-03-17
De: Joseph Bonanno
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Fallen Founder
- The Life of Aaron Burr
- De: Nancy Isenberg
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 19 h y 48 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 407
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 331
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 329
Generations have been told that Aaron Burr was a betrayer: of Alexander Hamilton, of his country, of those who had nobler ideas. But that version has been shaped by historians and writers from the 18th century on who were blinded by tabloid reports and propaganda created by Burr's political enemies during his lifetime. It is time to discover the real Aaron Burr.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very Burr-Centric
- De Derek en 11-11-07
De: Nancy Isenberg
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Snow-Storm in August
- The Passions That Sparked Washington City's First Race Riot in the Violent Summer of 1835
- De: Jefferson Morley
- Narrado por: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Editor and investigative reporter Jefferson Morley has been widely published in national periodicals and is the author of the critically acclaimed nonfiction work Our Man in Mexico. An eye-opening look at Washington’s first race riot, Snow-Storm in August also offers revealing profiles of Arthur Bowen, the slave blamed for the riot, and “Star Spangled Banner” lyricist Francis Scott Key, a defender of slavery who sought capital punishment for Bowen.
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3 out of 5 stars
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An interesting
- De BDHumbert en 08-27-18
De: Jefferson Morley
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Prince of Pleasure
- The Prince of Wales and the Making of the Regency
- De: Saul David
- Narrado por: Sam Devereaux
- Duración: 16 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 45
Described by the Duke of Wellington as "the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery, obstinacy and good feeling that I ever saw in one character in my life", George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales, later George IV, was a highly controversial figure. He courted both Whigs and Tories in his attempts to establish the Regency during the "madness" of his father, George III.
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5 out of 5 stars
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George IV in all his "glory"!
- De TemperPolk en 08-25-16
De: Saul David
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Prince of Darkness
- The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire
- De: Shane White
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 12 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 136
In Prince of Darkness, a groundbreaking and vivid account, eminent historian Shane White reveals the larger-than-life story of a man who defied every convention of his time. He wheeled and dealed in the lily-white business world, he married a White woman, he bought a mansion in rural New Jersey, he owned railroad stock on trains he was not legally allowed to ride, and generally he set his White contemporaries' teeth on edge when he wasn't just plain outsmarting them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not A Nice Man, But A Smart One!
- De AlTonya en 07-28-17
De: Shane White
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Death in the City of Light
- The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris
- De: David King
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
- Duración: 13 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 427
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 372
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 367
Death in the City of Light is the gripping, true story of a brutal serial killer who unleashed his own reign of terror in Nazi-Occupied Paris. As decapitated heads and dismembered body parts surfaced in the Seine, Commissaire Georges-Victor Massu, head of the Brigade Criminelle, was tasked with tracking down the elusive murderer in a twilight world of Gestapo, gangsters, resistance fighters, pimps, prostitutes, spies, and other shadowy figures of the Parisian underworld. The main suspect was Dr. Marcel Petiot, a handsome, charming physician with remarkable charisma.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too many facts too little story
- De Caitanya en 09-27-11
De: David King