B format edition of this hardback bestseller, detailing the relationship between Violet Trefusis, lover of Vita Sackville-West, and her mother Alice Keppel, mistress of Edward VII. An enthralling, eventful story which lays bare the obsessions, hypocrisies and betrayals in the upper echelons of Edwardian society. "Souhami has a marvellous touch with words. Her narrative sparkles." "Sunday Telegraph".