NOTORIOUS SCANDALS

The books are described below. Roger Fulford, THE TRIAL OF QUEEN CAROLINE (1968)

While the 1794 marriage of George, Prince of Wales, to Caroline of Brunswick was doomed to failure from the start, few could predict the extreme--and outrageous--lengths to which the unhappy couple would go. Caroline was eventually brought to trial and was faced with the Bill of Pains and Penalties. Brilliantly defended by Henry Brougham, the popular Princess of Wales escaped penalty, but her legacy remains controversial as ever.

LESSONS FROM THE TRIAL: THE PEOPLE v. O.J. SIMPSON, by Gerald Uelmen. Professor Uelmen, a member of the Notable Trials Library, has written a definitive and balanced account. We researched several books on this case, and felt Uelmen's presented a fair, lively, and highly readable account.

EIGHT MEN OUT: THE CHICAGO BLACKSOX CASE, by Eliot Asimov.

"SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE." As Alan Dershowitz points out in his introduction to our edition of Eliot Asinof's 1963 classic, perhaps it wasn't so. At least this seems to be the case for Shoeless Joe Jackson.

Asinof takes us through the entire story of the scandal, to try to sort out the truth. From the fix, to the World Series, to the scandal's exposure, to the impact, the trial, and the aftermath, the comprehensive story of sports' greatest scandal is told.