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Author Holroyd, Michael.

Title A book of secrets : illegitimate daughters, absent fathers / Michael Holroyd.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  920 HOLTOYD    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  306.874 HOLROYD    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description xiv, 258 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and index.
Contents Preface: The world turned upside down -- The importance of being Ernest and some women of no importance -- Ernest goes abroad -- All about Eve -- With Catherine at Cimbrone -- Excitements, earthquakes, and elopements -- Women in love -- Ultraviolet -- Emergency exits -- Looking round -- Epilogue: Time regained -- Afterword: A history of the books -- Family trees.
Subject Women -- Biography.
Gifted women -- Biography.
Daughters -- Biography.
Illegitimate children -- Biography.
Absentee fathers -- Biography.
Unmarried mothers -- Biography.
Mistresses -- Biography.
Fathers and daughters.
ISBN 9780374115586 hardcover alkaline paper
0374115583 hardcover alkaline paper
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