The Fishing Fleet: Husband Hunting in the Raj was published in 2012 and is also to be highly recommended. There’s more fascinating social history in 1939: The Last Season, about life in England just before WWII changed things forever, while her Debs at War: 1939 – 1945 looks at the period of the war itself. She has also written an excellent biography of Diana Mitford, second wife of Oswald Mosley, and another of Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry. It was packed with juicy social detail of the era, and was a fabulous read. One of the girls married Oswald Mosley, and all were glamorous, rich and wilful. My introduction to her work was her 2000 book The Viceroy’s Daughters: The Lives of the Curzon Sisters about the lives of the three daughters of Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, and his American wife Mary. She was born in 1927, so I fear we can’t expect too many more books from her. I love social history and good biographies, and one of my favourite authors in this area is Anne de Courcy. ‘The Story of an African Farm’ – Olive Schreiner. ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ – Muriel Spark.‘The Leopard’ – Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.‘The Doll’s House’ – Katherine Mansfield.‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ – Alexandre Dumas.‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ – Thomas Hardy.‘Seven Little Australians’ – Ethel Turner.‘Little Red Riding Hood’ – The Brothers Grimm.‘Gone with the Wind’ – Margaret Mitchell.Terms of Service, Privacy Policy & Refund Policy.
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