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The Dragon Lady
Engelsk Paperback

The Dragon Lady

Engelsk Paperback

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In a period of civil unrest before the War of Liberation, a wealthy and influential couple leave Britain to make a new life in 1950s Rhodesia.

Opening with the shooting of Lady Virginia ''Ginie'' Courtauld in her tranquil garden in 1950s Rhodesia, The Dragon Lady, so called for the exotic tattoo snaking up her leg, tells Ginie''s extraordinary story.

From the glamorous Italian Riviera before the Great War to the Art Deco glory of Eltham Palace in the thirties, and from the secluded Scottish Highlands to segregated Rhodesia in the fifties, the narrative spans enormous cultural and social change. Lady Virginia Courtauld was a boundary-breaking, colourful and unconventional person who rejected the submissive role women were expected to play.

Ostracised by society for being a foreign divorcée at the time of Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson, Ginie and her second husband, Stephen Courtauld, leave the confines of post-war Britain to forge a new life in Rhodesia, only to find that being progressive liberals during segregation proves mortally dangerous. Many people had reason to dislike Ginie, but who had reason enough to pull the trigger?

Deeply evocative of time and place, The Dragon Lady subtly blends fact and fiction to paint the portrait of an extraordinary woman in an era of great social and cultural change.







Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
320
ISBN-13:
9781448217403
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1448217407
Udg. Dato:
20 feb 2020
Længde:
20mm
Bredde:
117mm
Højde:
191mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
20 feb 2020
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