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Gretna
Green Books
Gretna
Green: Scotland's Gift to Lovers Olga Sinclair recounts
250 years of runaway marriages to Gretna Green. The stories
of eloping lovers come from all walks of life and from all parts
of Britain, Europe, and indeed the world. Archive material and
true anecdotes are used to explain how Gretna Green became a
defiant symbol for young lovers. In 1782 Sarah Ann Child, the
immensely wealthly heiress of Child's Bank, eloped with John
Fane, Earl of Westmorland; her furious parents close behind.
Edward Gibbon Wakefield abducted 15-year-old Ellen Turner and
huntsman John Peel married his "bonny Mary White".
Chancellors, MPs, princes, aristocrats, the famous and the not-so-famous
travelled to Gretna Green to plight their troth and defy convention
and authority.
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