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Zusatztext 'Souhami has a Midas touch with words. Her narrative sparkles' Nigel Nicolson! Sunday Telegraph . Informationen zum Autor Diana Souhami is the author of Selkirk's Island (winner of the Whitbread Biography award)! The Trials of Radclyffe Hall (shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Biography and winner of the US Lambda Literary Award)! the bestselling Mrs Keppel and Her Daughter (also winner of the Lambda Literary Award and a New York Times 'Notable Book of the Year'). Her latest book is Murder at Wrotham Hill. She lives in London. Klappentext Sexual scandal! decadent royalty and heartless hypocrisy in Edwardian England. Zusammenfassung Sexual scandal! decadent royalty and heartless hypocrisy in Edwardian England. Inhaltsverzeichnis A Personal Note. Queens and Heirs Apparent. Portrait of a Lesbian Affair. Chacun Sa Tour. Sources and Bibliography. Illustrations. Index.
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'Unnatural vices, acts of illicit passion, kings, mistresses, elopements, extravagant riches - this book has them all. A wonderful story, wonderfully told' Christopher Hudson, Daily Mail. Daily Mail