Sheila : The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society
by Robert Wainwright
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Good Condition
- Seller
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Picton, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2014. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Signed by Author. Sheila wedded earls and barons, befriended literary figures and movie stars, bedded a future king, was feted by London and New York society for forty years and when she died was a Russian princess. Vivacious, confident and striking, Sheila Chisholm met her first husband, Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine, a first lieutenant and son of the 5th Earl of Rosslyn, when she went to Egypt during the Great War to nurse her brother. Arriving in London as a young married woman, the world was at her feet - and she enjoyed it immensely. Edward, Prince of Wales, called her 'a divine woman' and his brother, Bertie, the future George VI of England (Queen Elizabeth's father), was especially close to her. She subsequently became Lady Milbanke and ended her days as Princess Dimitri of Russia. Sheila had torrid love affairs with Rudolph Valentino and Prince Obolensky of Russia and among her friends were Evelyn Waugh, Lord Beaverbrook and Wallis Simpson. An extraordinary woman unknown to most Australians, Sheila is a spellbinding story of a unique time and a place and an utterly fascinating life. All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 410 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 20495. .
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- Bookseller
- Bong Bong Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20495
- Title
- Sheila : The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society
- Author
- Robert Wainwright
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- BZDB3 Biography & Autobiography; Signed by Author Unbranded Robert Wainwright Sheila : The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography;
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Picton, New South Wales
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