WEDLOCK is the remarkable story of the Countess of Strathmore & her marriage to Andrew Robinson Stoney. Mary Eleanor Bowes was one of Britains richest young heiresses. She married the Count of Strathmore who died young & pregnant with her lovers child Mary became engaged to George Gray. Then in swooped Andrew Robinson Stoney. Mary was bowled over & married him within the week. But nothing was as it seemed. Stoney was broke & his pursuit of the wealthy Countess a calculated ploy. Once married to Mary he embarked on years of ill treatment seizing her lands beating her terrorising servants introducing prostitutes to the family home kidnapping his own sister. But finally after many years a servant helped Mary to escape. She began a high-profile divorce case that was the scandal of the day & was successful. But then Andrew kidnapped her & undertook a week-long rampage of terror & cruelty until the law finally caught up with him.