A History of Marriage A History of Marriage A History of Marriage, published by Seven Stories Press, is a non-fiction book by Elizabeth Abbott, the Canadian author of "A History of Celibacy" (1999) and "A History of Mistresses" (2003) that combines general history and personal histories of marriage. The book is a study of mostly North American rituals of courting, nuptials, marriage, sex, child-raising and divorce. Some topics covered are relative ages at which various societies from Chinese to Mormon married off their girls; details of the satisfying marriage of Martin Luther and former nun Katharina von Bora; the ruptured family units of Native
Nun Nicer sent to race in Germany and stepped up in distance for the Preis von Donausschingen over eleven furlongs at Cologne. She started the odds-on favourite and won easily, earning a prize of approximately £1,250 and gold cup presented by Prince Furstenberg. Nun Nicer was retired from racing to become a broodmare. She was exported to Germany in 1904 with her colt but returned in 1906. Her reported foals included: Nun Nicer did not produce a living foal after 1910 and died in 1915. Nun Nicer Nun Nicer (1895–1915) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. As a two-year-old in 1897