Inheritance: The tragedy of Mary DaviesHollis expertly weaves together the human tragedy and high politics behind the explosion of one of the worlds greatest cities. Dan Snow The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness, forced marriages, and how the super rich came to own London. In June 1701, a young widow wakes up in a hotel room in Paris and finds a man in her bed. Within hours, they are married. Yet three weeks later, the bride flees to London and swears