The Sphinx by Hugo Vickers
The fiercely intelligent beauty who married the 9th Duke of Marlborough and both dazzled and puzzled the glittering social circles of the Belle Epoque in which she moved.
A continuously astonishing and ultimately moving account of a unique figure, the stuff of great literature -- Simon Callow * Sunday Times *
'Gripping . . jaw-dropping story, brilliantly told' -- Ysenda Maxtone Graham * The Times *
'The most extraordinary, rackety life' -- William Boyd * Daily Telegraph *
'At the end of the book the reader can only say, "Whew! What a story!"' -- Anne de Courcy * Spectator *
'A truly wonderful read' -- Lynda La Plante * Daily Express *
'The last book that made me cry . . . a really thorough and well-researched biography' -- Lynda La Plante * Good Housekeeping *
'Posterity and history owe Vickers a serious debt . . . To read about [Gladys] now is to be readmitted to the salons of Paris before the Great War, to the luxurious villas of Italy, and to the London season of the Edwardians . . . thus another piece of history's jigsaw has been found and preserved' -- Simon Heffer * The New Criterion *
'Hugo Vickers's life of Gladys Marlborough is an extraordinary and tragic story, with special resonance today' * Evening Standard *
'A fascinating glimpse of a lost world and a highly unusual woman at large, and ultimately adrift, in it' * Oxford Times *
'Vickers is admirably sympathetic while at the same time collecting every detail of his subject's transgressions and eccentricities' * Times Literary Supplement *
'Fascinating and very well written' -- Anne Glenconner * Evening Standard *
'A jaw-dropping biography . . . scandal, misery and madness marked the life of this society beauty' * The Times *
'Gripping . . jaw-dropping story, brilliantly told' -- Ysenda Maxtone Graham * The Times *
'The most extraordinary, rackety life' -- William Boyd * Daily Telegraph *
'At the end of the book the reader can only say, "Whew! What a story!"' -- Anne de Courcy * Spectator *
'A truly wonderful read' -- Lynda La Plante * Daily Express *
'The last book that made me cry . . . a really thorough and well-researched biography' -- Lynda La Plante * Good Housekeeping *
'Posterity and history owe Vickers a serious debt . . . To read about [Gladys] now is to be readmitted to the salons of Paris before the Great War, to the luxurious villas of Italy, and to the London season of the Edwardians . . . thus another piece of history's jigsaw has been found and preserved' -- Simon Heffer * The New Criterion *
'Hugo Vickers's life of Gladys Marlborough is an extraordinary and tragic story, with special resonance today' * Evening Standard *
'A fascinating glimpse of a lost world and a highly unusual woman at large, and ultimately adrift, in it' * Oxford Times *
'Vickers is admirably sympathetic while at the same time collecting every detail of his subject's transgressions and eccentricities' * Times Literary Supplement *
'Fascinating and very well written' -- Anne Glenconner * Evening Standard *
'A jaw-dropping biography . . . scandal, misery and madness marked the life of this society beauty' * The Times *
Hugo Vickers is a writer, lecturer and broadcaster, and an acknowledged expert on the British Royal Family. He has written biographies of the Queen Mother, Cecil Beaton, Vivien Leigh, Princess Andrew of Greece and the Duchess of Windsor. His book The Kiss won the 1996 Stern Silver Pen Award for Non-Fiction. His recent bestsellers have included The Quest For Queen Mary and The Sphinx - the life of Gladys, the Duchess of Marlborough.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781529390704 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529390702 |
| Titel | The Sphinx |
| Autor | Hugo Vickers |
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| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2020-01-09 |
| Seitenanzahl | 400 |
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