Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
For more than two centuries, Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury -- royal governor of New York and New Jersey from 1702 to 1708 -- has been a despised figure whose alleged transgressions ranged from looting the colonial treasury to public cross-dressing in New York City. Stripping away the many layers of "the Cornbury myth, " Patricia Bonomi offers a challenging reassessment of this fascinating figure, royal government, and of the rough and tumble political culture of the first British Empire.