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* Reissue of the acclaimed biography of aviator Amelia Earhart

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The first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) was a soldier of such genius that a lavish palace, Blenheim, was built to honor his triumphs. Succeeding generations of Churchills sometimes achieved distinction but also included profligates and womanizers, and were saddled with the ruinous upkeep of Blenheim. The family fortunes were revived in the nineteenth century by the huge dowries of New York society beauties Jennie Jerome (Winston's mother) an...

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Ich will leben ... Ich will ein wildes, unstetes, abenteuerliches Leben führen ... Ich wünschte, ich wäre ein Mann. Könnte ich das sein, wäre ich Richard Burton, doch da ich eine Frau bin, möchte ich Richard Burtons Frau sein ... Ich würde jetzt, in diesem Augenblick, alles aufgeben und opfern, um seinem Schicksal zu folgen ..." (Isabel Burton, aus einem Brief an ihre Mutter). Aus diesen Zeilen spricht die tiefe, leidenschaftliche Liebe Isabe...

«Persone diversissime, sembrano aver preso a morsi il ventesimo secolo». Così, in questa biografia, Mary S. Lovell introduce le «leggendarie sorelle Mitford». Figlie di David e Sydney Freeman-Mitford, baroni Redesdale, Nancy, Pam, Diana, Unity, Jessica (Decca) e Deborah (Debo) hanno scandalizzato l'Inghilterra della prima metà del Novecento con la loro vivacità, esuberanza e, in alcuni casi, con il loro fanatismo politico. Nancy, la maggiore, ...

From the author of The Sisters, a chronicle of the most brutal, turbulent, and exuberant period of England's history. Bess Hardwick, the fifth daughter of an impoverished Derbyshire nobleman, did not have an auspicious start in life. Widowed at sixteen, she nonetheless outlived four monarchs, married three more times, built the great house at Chatsworth, and died one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in English history. In 1527 Engla...

The Riviera Set reveals the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the Château de l'Horizon near Cannes, over the course of forty years from the time when Coco Chanel made southern French tans fashionable in the twenties to the death of the playboy Prince Aly Khan in 1960.At the heart of dynamic group was the amazing Maxine Elliott, the daughter of a fisherman from Connecticut, who built the beautiful art...

The Riviera Set reveals the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the Château de l'Horizon near Cannes, over the course of forty years from the time when Coco Chanel made southern French tans fashionable in the twenties to the death of the playboy Prince Aly Khan in 1960. At the heart of dynamic group was the amazing Maxine Elliott, the daughter of a fisherman from Connecticut, who built the beautiful a...

From the 1st Duke of Marlborough - soldier of genius, restless empire-builder and cuckolder of Charles II - to Winston Churchill, our 'greatest Briton', the Churchills have been politicians, gamblers and profligates, heroes and womanisers. In this gripping story of momentous times Mary Lovell charts triumphant political and military campaigns, the construction of great houses, quiet, domestic tragedies, disastrous marriages - ending in venerea...

The first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) was a soldier of such genius that a lavish palace, Blenheim, was built to honor his triumphs. Succeeding generations of Churchills sometimes achieved distinction but also included profligates and womanizers, and were saddled with the ruinous upkeep of Blenheim. The family fortunes were revived in the nineteenth century by the huge dowries of New York society beauties Jennie Jerome (Winston's mother) an...

The Riviera Set is the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the Château de l'Horizon near Cannes, over the course of forty years from the time when Coco Chanel made southern French tans fashionable in the twenties to the death of the playboy Prince Aly Khan in 1960. At the heart of this was the amazing Maxine Elliott, the daughter of a fisherman from Connecticut, who built the beautiful art deco Château...

A portrait of high society in the 20th century, told through the stories of the guests of Maxine Elliott and Prince Aly Khan at the Chateau de l'Horizon in Cannes, from the 1920s to the 1960s. From the author of "The Mitford Girls" and "The Churchills".

The revealing biography of an extraordinary family, based on exclusive access to the Mitford archives, which is just as sensational as any work of fiction. The hardback edition has sold over 20, 000 copies, and interest in the Mitfords as a family has never been higher. 32pp b/w illus.

The epic story of one of England's greatest families, focusing on the towering figure of Winston Churchill, from bestselling author Mary S. Lovell.

The epic story of one of England's greatest families, focusing on the towering figure of Winston Churchill, from bestselling author Mary S. Lovell.