{"product_id":"the-many-wives-of-vincent-catherine-brown-9781836153184","title":"The Many Wives of Vincent Carron Wellington","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne man. Eight wives. Multiple identities. The astonishing reconstructed true story of The Many Wives of Vincent Carron Wellington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early twentieth century, a man from a small Welsh mining town disappeared - and in his place emerged someone entirely new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn David Hugh Williams in Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1889, he repeatedly re-invented himself under a succession of new identities. Vincent Carron Wellington, Dean Stuart-Wynne, Captain Peter Ward and others besides. Charming, persuasive and endlessly resourceful, he moved effortlessly through different circles, building new lives wherever opportunity arose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBut every new beginning came at a cost.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind him he left abandoned wives, broken promises and children who would grow up barely knowing the truth about their father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a widely publicised trail at the Old Bailey in 1926, he was found guilty of bigamy and sentenced to prison. Yet even this did not deter him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe simply began again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor decades his story remained hidden within whispered family memories, scattered official records and fragments of forgotten history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGradually, piece by piece, the extraordinary truth has emerged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on years of meticulous research through genealogy records, military archives, newspaper reports, family documents and personal correspondence, this book uncovers the remarkable and often troubling life of a man determined to escape the destiny he had been born into - \u003cstrong\u003eno matter the cost\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Many Wives of Vincent Carron Wellington \u003c\/em\u003eis a gripping true story of bigamy, deception and reinvention in twentieth-century Britain - and the consequences one man's choices left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho was the real Vincent Carron Wellington?\u003c\/strong\u003e A brilliant opportunist? A romantic adventurer? Or simply a man running from the life he was born into? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reader must decide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 183615318X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836153184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grosvenor House Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.64d","brand":"Catherine Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084132950271,"sku":"9781836153184","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-many-wives-of-vincent-catherine-brown-9781836153184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}