2008, ISBN: 1844084809

[EAN: 9781844084807], Neubuch, [SC: 2.9], [PU: Little, Brown Book Group Dez 2008], Neuware - On Friday 25th May, 1934, a forty-one-year-old woman walked into the lobby of Claridge's Hotel… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781844084807], Neubuch, [SC: 2.9], [PU: Little, Brown Book Group Dez 2008], Neuware - On Friday 25th May, 1934, a forty-one-year-old woman walked into the lobby of Claridge's Hotel to meet the nineteen-year-old son whose face she did not know. Fifteen years earlier, as the First World War ended, Idina Sackville shocked high society by leaving his multimillionaire father to run off to Africa with a near penniless man. An inspiration for Nancy Mitford's character The Bolter, painted by William Orpen, and photographed by Cecil Beaton, Sackville went on to divorce a total of five times, yet died with a picture of her first love by her bed. Her struggle to reinvent her life with each new marriage left one husband murdered and branded her the 'high priestess' of White Mischief's bed-hopping Happy Valley in Kenya. Sackville's life was so scandalous that it was kept a secret from her great-granddaughter Frances Osborne. Now, Osborne tells the moving tale of betrayal and heartbreak behind Sackville's road to scandal and return, painting a dazzling portrait of high society in the early twentieth century. 336 pp. Deutsch, Books<

2008, ISBN: 9781844084807

On Friday 25th May, 1934, a forty-one-year-old woman walked into the lobby of Claridge's Hotel to meet the nineteen-year-old son whose face she did not know. Fifteen years earlier, as th… Mehr…

On Friday 25th May, 1934, a forty-one-year-old woman walked into the lobby of Claridge's Hotel to meet the nineteen-year-old son whose face she did not know. Fifteen years earlier, as the First World War ended, Idina Sackville shocked high society by leaving his multimillionaire father to run off to Africa with a near penniless man. An inspiration for Nancy Mitford's character The Bolter, painted by William Orpen, and photographed by Cecil Beaton, Sackville went on to divorce a total of five times, yet died with a picture of her first love by her bed. Her struggle to reinvent her life with each new marriage left one husband murdered and branded her the 'high priestess' of White Mischief's bed-hopping Happy Valley in Kenya. Sackville's life was so scandalous that it was kept a secret from her great-granddaughter Frances Osborne. Now, Osborne tells the moving tale of betrayal and heartbreak behind Sackville's road to scandal and return, painting a dazzling portrait of high society in the early twentieth century. Books Frances Osbourne|Paperback|Little, Brown Book Group|29/12/2008, Little, Brown Book Group<

2008, ISBN: 9781844084807

Virago, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Reprint; First Printing, 336 Seiten, Publiziert: 2008-12-29T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9781844084807, 0.29 kg, Verkaufsrang: 591727, Ges… Mehr…

Virago, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Reprint; First Printing, 336 Seiten, Publiziert: 2008-12-29T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9781844084807, 0.29 kg, Verkaufsrang: 591727, Geschichte, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Kategorien, Bücher, Militär, Herausragende Persönlichkeiten, Film, Kunst & Kultur, Großbritannien, Europa, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Featured Categories, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4901, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_0, Special Features Stores, Taschenbücher, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4201, Virago, 2008<