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Sheila

- The Australian ingenue who bewitched British society
Af: Robert Wainwright Engelsk Paperback

Sheila

- The Australian ingenue who bewitched British society
Af: Robert Wainwright Engelsk Paperback
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Vivacious, confident and striking, young Australian Sheila Chisholm met her first husband, Lord Loughborough, in Egypt during the First World War. Arriving in London as a young married woman, she quickly conquered English society, and would spend the next half a century inside the palaces, mansions and clubs of the elite. Her clandestine affair with young Bertie, the future George VI, caused ruptures at Buckingham Palace, with King George offering his son the title Duke of York in exchange for never hearing of Sheila again.

She subsequently became Lady Milbanke, one of London''s most admired fashion icons and society fundraisers and ended her days as Princess Dimitri of Russia, juggling her royal duties with a successful career as a travel agent. Throughout her remarkable life, Sheila won the hearts of men ranging from Rudolph Valentino and Vincent Astor to Prince Obolensky, and maintained longstanding friendships with Evelyn Waugh, Noël Coward, Idina Sackville and Nancy Mitford.

A story unknown to most, Sheila is a spellbinding account of an utterly fascinating woman.

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Vivacious, confident and striking, young Australian Sheila Chisholm met her first husband, Lord Loughborough, in Egypt during the First World War. Arriving in London as a young married woman, she quickly conquered English society, and would spend the next half a century inside the palaces, mansions and clubs of the elite. Her clandestine affair with young Bertie, the future George VI, caused ruptures at Buckingham Palace, with King George offering his son the title Duke of York in exchange for never hearing of Sheila again.

She subsequently became Lady Milbanke, one of London''s most admired fashion icons and society fundraisers and ended her days as Princess Dimitri of Russia, juggling her royal duties with a successful career as a travel agent. Throughout her remarkable life, Sheila won the hearts of men ranging from Rudolph Valentino and Vincent Astor to Prince Obolensky, and maintained longstanding friendships with Evelyn Waugh, Noël Coward, Idina Sackville and Nancy Mitford.

A story unknown to most, Sheila is a spellbinding account of an utterly fascinating woman.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 432
ISBN-13: 9781743319444
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1743319444
Kategori: Australasia
Udg. Dato: 7 aug 2014
Længde: 32mm
Bredde: 128mm
Højde: 199mm
Forlag: Allen & Unwin
Oplagsdato: 7 aug 2014
Forfatter(e): Robert Wainwright
Forfatter(e) Robert Wainwright


Kategori Australasia


ISBN-13 9781743319444


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 432


Udgave


Længde 32mm


Bredde 128mm


Højde 199mm


Udg. Dato 7 aug 2014


Oplagsdato 7 aug 2014


Forlag Allen & Unwin