Inheritance: The Lost History of Mary Davies: A Story of Property, Marriage and Madness Free Audiobook Download by Leo Hollis

Mary Davies was a woman born in the early 1700s who lived through the tumultuous times of the French Revolution. Despite being a woman with valuable property and fortunes, she was not allowed to inherit from her family and instead was forced to marry without her consent. In this audiobook, Taryn Bishop brings listeners an exclusive story into Mary's life that has never been told before.

A compelling audiobook of the true story of world-famous author Mary Davies, who inherited a large estate at age 11.

A potpourri of strange, mad and shocking stories from history. Mary Davies, wife of a wealthy Victorian industrialist by the name of William Davies, was afflicted with paranoid schizophrenia. She believed her husband colluded with her sister in law to steal her daughter away from her. Her husband had been poisoned, she believed, and the only way to stop the poison was with some unspecified number of sips of water taken at irregular intervals.

Mary Davies was one of the most influential women in 18th century England. Her legacy includes inspiring many to seek knowledge, teaching and writing about the natural world. Her work in science, arts and education was instrumental in shaping modern society. Yet today, she is almost unknown by historians and what is known about her is largely through the accounts of others who knew her or were related to her.

The book tells the story of Mary Davies and her family. Mary's father, John Davies, was a well-known London businessman. One day while taking a walk in the park with his daughter, he is struck and killed by a runaway carriage. This is when Mary finds out that she has inherited considerable properties as well as a significant amount of debts because of his death.

Inheritance: The Lost History of Mary Davies by Leo Hollis tells the story of a woman's madness and how she was institutionalized in England in 1784 for her family's estate. The protagonist is sent away to an asylum with her niece, but the aunt later joins her niece as well. They are treated rudely by the doctors and nurses there and eventually escape.