The Rainbow Comes and Goes

Lady Diana Cooper was a star of the early twentieth stage, screen and social scene. This first instalment of her sparkling autobiography tells of her upbringing, her beautiful artistic mother and aristocratic father, her debut into high society and the glittering parties - ''dancing and extravagance and lashing of wine, and charades and moonlit balconies and kisses'' - which were interrupted with the outbreak of the First World War. This volume ends with Diana''s marriage to the ''love of her life'', diplomat and politician Duff Cooper.>

About the author

Lady Diana Cooper was born on 29 August 1892. She married Alfred Duff Cooper, DSO., who became one of the Second Word War’s key politicians. Her startling beauty resulted in her playing the lead in two silent films and then Max Reinhardt’s The Miracle. In 1944, following the Liberation of Paris, the couple moved into the British Embassy, Paris. They then retired to a house at Chantilly just outside Paris. After Duff’s death in 1954 Diana remained there till 1960, when she moved back to London. She died in 1986.

John Julius Norwich, the only son of Diana and Duff Cooper, is the author of histories of Norman Sicily, the Republic of Venice, the Byzantine Empire,the Mediterranean and, most recently, The Popes. He has also written on architecture, music and the history plays of Shakespeare, and has presented some thirty historical documentaries on BBC Television.

Product details

• Authors: Diana Cooper, Lady Diana Cooper
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781784873035
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-303-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous, 20th Century, Films, cinema, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Theatre Studies, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Individual actors and performers, john julius norwich; gloria vanderbilt