The Bolter : The Woman Who Scandalised 1920s Society And Became White Mishcief's Infamous Seductress
by Frances Osborne
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- Good
- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 1844084809
- ISBN 13
- 9781844084807
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About This Item
Virago, UK, 2009. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 319 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Virago, UK, 2009. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has moderate reading creases. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: 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. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781844084807. Inventory No: 22080130.. 9781844084807
Synopsis
Frances Osborne was born in London and studied philosophy and modern languages at Oxford University. She is the author of Lilla’s Feast. Her articles have appeared in The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Independent, the Daily Mail, and Vogue. She lives in London with her husband, a Member of Parliament, and their two children.
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22080130
- Title
- The Bolter : The Woman Who Scandalised 1920s Society And Became White Mishcief's Infamous Seductress
- Author
- Frances Osborne
- Format/Binding
- Medium Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1844084809
- ISBN 13
- 9781844084807
- Publisher
- Virago
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Biography & Autobiography; The Bolter : The Woman Who Scandalised 1920s Society And Became White Mishcief's Infamous Seductress
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