Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
Description |
viii, 422 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Note |
Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-409) and index. |
Contents |
Curzon and his circle -- Viceroy and Vicereine -- The schoolroom at Hackwood -- Elinor Glyn -- Enter Grace Duggan -- Growing up -- "She must do as she pleases" -- Baba comes out -- The absentee wife -- Melton Mowbray: life at the Gallop -- The passing of the viceroy -- Cimmie and Tom: early married life -- Irene: in love with married men -- Lady Cynthia Mosley, MP -- The Mosley memorandum -- The new party -- High life and low morals on the Riviera -- Diana Guinness, trophy mistress -- "Goodbye my buffy" -- Keeping it in the family -- The blackshirt phenomenon -- Baba and Diana: sharing mosley -- Mrs. Simpson rules -- Abdication -- "I should have kissed her but I just couldn't" -- The cliveden set -- At home with the Duke -- Fruity speaks his mind -- Britain at war -- "My idea of a perfect evening" -- The dorch -- An unexpected proposal -- The halifax letters -- Sisterly jealousy -- Peace but not accord -- Envoi. |
Subject |
Curzon family.
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Ravensdale, Mary Irene Curzon, Baroness, 1896-1966.
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Mosley, Cynthia, Lady, 1898-1933.
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Metcalfe, Alexandra Curzon, Lady, 1904-1995.
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Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess, 1859-1925 -- Family.
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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ISBN |
0066210615 alkaline paper |
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9780066210612 alkaline paper |
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