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Frances Osborne The Bolter (Livre de poche)
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- État
- Book Title
- The Bolter
- Publication Name
- The Bolter
- Title
- The Bolter
- Subtitle
- The Story of Idina Sackville, Who Ran Away to Become the Chief Se
- ISBN-10
- 0307476421
- EAN
- 9780307476425
- ISBN
- 9780307476425
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Release Year
- 2010
- Release Date
- 04/05/2010
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Item Weight
- 11.9 Oz
- Genre
- Biography
- Topic
- History
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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She was irresistible. She inspired fiction, fantasy, legend, and art. Some say she was "the Bolter" of Nancy Mitford's novel The Pursuit of Love. She "played" Iris Storm in Michael Arlen's celebrated novel about fashionable London's lost generation, The Green Hat, and Greta Garbo played her in A Woman of Affairs, the movie made from Arlen's book. She was painted by Orpen; photographed by Beaton; she was the model for Molyneaux's slinky wraparound dresses that became the look fo the age - the Jazz Age. Though not conventionally beautiful (she had a "shot-away chin"), Idina Sackville dazzled men and women alike, and made a habit of marrying whenever she fell in love - five husbands in all and lovers without number. Hers was the age of bolters, and Idina was the most celebrated of them all. Her father was the eighth Earl De La Warr. In a society that valued the antiquity of families and their money, hers was as old as a British family could be (eight hundred years earlier they had followed William the Conqueror from Normandy and been given enough land to live on forever . . . another ancestor, Lord De La Warr, rescued the starving Jamestown colonists in 1610, became governor of Virginia, and gave his name to the state of Delaware). Her mother's money came from "trade"; Idina's maternal grandfather had employed more men (85,000) than the British army and built one third of the world's railroads. Idina's first husband was a dazzling cavalry officer, one of the youngest, richest, and best-looking of the available bachelors, with "two million in cash." They had a seven-story pied-à-terre on Connaught Place overlooking Marble Arch and Hyde Park, as well as three estates in Scotland. Idina had everything in place for a magnificent life, until the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand caused the newlyweds' world - the world they'd assumed would last forever - to collapse in less than a year. Like Mitford's Bolter, young Idina Sackville left her husband and children. But in truth it was her husband who wrecked their marriage, making Idina more a boltee than a bolter. Soon she found a lover of her own - the first of many - and plunged into a Jazz Age haze of morphine. She became a full-blown flapper, driving about London in her Hispano-Suiza, and pusing the boundaries of behavior to the breaking point. British society may have adored eccentrics whose differences celebrated the values they cherished, but it did not embrace those who upset the order of things. And in 1918, just after the Armistice was signed, Idina Sackville bolted from her life in England and, setting out with her second husband, headed for Mombasa, in search of new adventure. Frances Osborne deftly tells the tale of her great-grandmother using Idina's never-before-seen letters; the diaries of Idina's first husband, Euan Wallace; and stories from family members. Osborne follows Idina from the champagne breakfasts and thé dansants of lost-generation England to the foothills of Kenya's Aberdare moutnains and the wild abandon of her role in Kenya's disintegration postwar upper-class life. A parade of lovers, a murdered husband, chaos everywhere - as her madcap world of excess darkened and crumbled around her.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307476421
ISBN-13
9780307476425
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102919137
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
11.9 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Publication Year
20100000
Group
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Engrossing and beautifully written. . . . [An] affecting story." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Intoxicating." -- People "If notorious relatives make for the best dinner-party anecdotes, then Frances Osborne should be able to dine out for decades.... Enthralling." -- The Plain Dealer "Idina Sackville . . . could have stepped out of an Evelyn Waugh satire about the bright young things who partied away their days in the ''20s and ''30s, and later crashed and burned. . . . Frances Osborne . . . conjure[s] a vanished world with novelistic detail and flair." -- The New York Times "An engaging book, drawing a revealing portrait of a remarkable woman and adding humanity to her ''scandalous'' life. . . . Ms. Osborne has succeeded in her stated aim, to write a book that ''has in a way brought Idina back to life.'' And what a life it was." --The Wall Street Journal "Vibrant. . . . Osborne connects vast expanses of the dots that formed Idina''s reality: the gender inequalities in Edwardian England, the economic imperatives of colonialism, the mores of upper-class adultery, the differences between Idina''s aristocratic father . . . and her merely wealthy mother." --Newsday "Intelligent, moving, and packed with exquisite detail." --Providence Journal "[Idina Sackville''s] life story, speckled with the names of the rich and famous, is a miniature history lesson, bringing into sharp focus both world wars, the Jazz Age, and the colonization of Kenya. . . . Sackville''s passion lights up the page." --Entertainment Weekly "[A] rumbustious and harrowing biography that takes us from London to Newport to Kenya. . . . A feast for the Anglophile." --The New York Times Book Review "Brilliant and utterly divine. . . . A breath of fresh air from a vanished world." --The Daily Beast " The Bolter is a biographical treat." --Good Housekeeping "Fascinating. . . . Paint[s] an interesting picture of Edwardian England, its social mores and rigors giving way to the wildness of pre-depression Europe." --Minneapolis Star Tribune "An engaging, definitive final look back at those naughty people who, between the wars, took their bad behavior off to Kenya and whose upper-class delinquency became gilded with unjustified glamour." --Financial Times "A sympathetic but evenhanded portrait of a woman driven by needs and desires even she didn''t understand." --The Columbus Dispatch "Truly interesting. Osborne paints an enthralling portrait of upper class English life just before, during and immediately after the Great War. Frivolous, rich, sexy [and] achingly fashionable." --The Observer (London) "Even today Lady Idina Sackville could get tongues wagging. . . . A lively portrait of the UK-born troublemaker, a woman who took countless lovers, raised hell in England and Africa, inspired novels by Nancy Mitford and carried around a dog she named Satan. . . . Through [Idina''s] story, we not only get a sexy and difficult-to-put-down read, we also get a good look at the shadow side of this prim and proper era and the real women who defied convention to live in it."--Jessa Crispin, "Books We Like," NPR "A racy romp underpinned by some impressive research." --The Sunday Telegraph (London) "Passionate and headstrong, Lady Idina was determined to be free even if the cost was scandal and ruin. Frances Osborne has brilliantly captured not only one woman''s life but an entire lost society." --Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire "Told very much like a novel, The Bolter introduces readers to a world where every rule is broken and creating a scene is the latest fashion accessory." --The Daily Texan "Not only is it a beautifully written, intriguing chronicle of a frenetic, privileged, and profoundly sad life, it catches a social group and the mad-cap lives they led--so luxurious, so wasted. . . . Superb." --Barbara Goldsmith, author of Obsessive Genius and Little Gloria. . ., "A beautifully written, intriguing chronicle of a frenetic, privileged, and profoundly sad life, it catches a social group and the mad-cap lives they ledso luxurious, so wasted." Barbara Goldsmith, author ofObsessive GeniusandLittle Gloria. . . Happy at Last "The Bolteris a feast." Dominique Browning,New York Times Book Review "Intoxicating." People "For those who can't ever get enough of the frolics and affairs of the British upper class in the '20s and '30s,thisis the book for you. . . brilliant and utterly divine. . . full of charming details and wonderfully good stories about old scandals. . . It's a breath of fresh air from a vanished world." Michael Korda,The Daily Beast "Osborne has written an engaging book, drawing a revealing portrait of a remarkable woman and adding humanity to her "scandalous" life. . . And what a life it was. Wall Street Journal "Osborne's lively narrative brings Lady Idina Sackville boldly to life. . . the text, most lyrical when describing the landscapes around Idina's African residences, proves than an adventurous spirit continues to run in this fascinating family." Publishers Weekly (starred) "Sex, money, glamour, and scandal make Idina Sackville's story hard to put down. What brings that story to life is the courage of an incorrigibly stylish survivor. Searching for the woman behind the legend Osborne discovers [gives us] a heroine impossible to resist." Frances Kiernan, author of The Last Mrs. Astor and Seeing Mary Plain: A life of Mary McCarthy "Fascinating. . . beautifully written. . . Frances Osborne brings the decadence of Britain's dying aristocracy vividly to life in this story of scandal and heartbreak." Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Young Stalin and Stalin: Court of the Red Tsar, âEngrossing and beautifully written. . . . [An] affecting story.â - San Francisco Chronicle âIntoxicating.â - People âIf notorious relatives make for the best dinner-party anecdotes, then Frances Osborne should be able to dine out for decades&. Enthralling.â - The Plain Dealer âIdina Sackville . . . could have stepped out of an Evelyn Waugh satire about the bright young things who partied away their days in the â20s and â30s, and later crashed and burned. . . . Frances Osborne . . . conjure[s] a vanished world with novelistic detail and flair.â - The New York Times âAn engaging book, drawing a revealing portrait of a remarkable woman and adding humanity to her âscandalousâ life. . . . Ms. Osborne has succeeded in her stated aim, to write a book that âhas in a way brought Idina back to life.â And what a life it was.â -The Wall Street Journal âVibrant. . . . Osborne connects vast expanses of the dots that formed Idinaâs reality: the gender inequalities in Edwardian England, the economic imperatives of colonialism, the mores of upper-class adultery, the differences between Idinaâs aristocratic father . . . and her merely wealthy mother.â -Newsday âIntelligent, moving, and packed with exquisite detail.â -Providence Journal â[Idina Sackvilleâs] life story, speckled with the names of the rich and famous, is a miniature history lesson, bringing into sharp focus both world wars, the Jazz Age, and the colonization of Kenya. . . . Sackvilleâs passion lights up the page.â -Entertainment Weekly â[A] rumbustious and harrowing biography that takes us from London to Newport to Kenya. . . . A feast for the Anglophile.â -The New York Times Book Review âBrilliant and utterly divine. . . . A breath of fresh air from a vanished world.â -The Daily Beast â The Bolter is a biographical treat.â -Good Housekeeping âFascinating. . . . Paint[s] an interesting picture of Edwardian England, its social mores and rigors giving way to the wildness of pre-depression Europe.â -Minneapolis Star Tribune âAn engaging, definitive final look back at those naughty people who, between the wars, took their bad behavior off to Kenya and whose upper-class delinquency became gilded with unjustified glamour.â -Financial Times âA sympathetic but evenhanded portrait of a woman driven by needs and desires even she didnât understand.â -The Columbus Dispatch âTruly interesting. Osborne paints an enthralling portrait of upper class English life just before, during and immediately after the Great War. Frivolous, rich, sexy [and] achingly fashionable.â -The Observer (London) âEven today Lady Idina Sackville could get tongues wagging. . . . A lively portrait of the UK-born troublemaker, a woman who took countless lovers, raised hell in England and Africa, inspired novels by Nancy Mitford and carried around a dog she named Satan. . . . Through [Idinaâs] story, we not only get a sexy and difficult-to-put-down read, we also get a good look at the shadow side of this prim and proper era and the real women who defied convention to live in it.â-Jessa Crispin, âBooks We Like,â NPR âA racy romp underpinned by some impressive research.â -The Sunday Telegraph (London) âPassionate and headstrong, Lady Idina was determined to be free even if the cost was scandal and ruin. Frances Osborne has brilliantly captured not only one womanâs life but an entire lost society.â -Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire âTold very much like a novel, The Bolter introduces readers to a world where every rule is broken and creating a scene is the latest fashion accessory.â -The Daily Texan âNot only is it a beautifully written, intriguing chronicle of a frenetic, privileged, and profoundly sad life, it catches a social group, "Engrossing and beautifully written. . . . [An] affecting story." - San Francisco Chronicle "Intoxicating." - People "If notorious relatives make for the best dinner-party anecdotes, then Frances Osborne should be able to dine out for decadesâŠ. Enthralling." - The Plain Dealer "Idina Sackville . . . could have stepped out of an Evelyn Waugh satire about the bright young things who partied away their days in the '20s and '30s, and later crashed and burned. . . . Frances Osborne . . . conjure[s] a vanished world with novelistic detail and flair." - The New York Times "An engaging book, drawing a revealing portrait of a remarkable woman and adding humanity to her 'scandalous' life. . . . Ms. Osborne has succeeded in her stated aim, to write a book that 'has in a way brought Idina back to life.' And what a life it was." -The Wall Street Journal "Vibrant. . . . Osborne connects vast expanses of the dots that formed Idina's reality: the gender inequalities in Edwardian England, the economic imperatives of colonialism, the mores of upper-class adultery, the differences between Idina's aristocratic father . . . and her merely wealthy mother." -Newsday "Intelligent, moving, and packed with exquisite detail." -Providence Journal "[Idina Sackville's] life story, speckled with the names of the rich and famous, is a miniature history lesson, bringing into sharp focus both world wars, the Jazz Age, and the colonization of Kenya. . . . Sackville's passion lights up the page." -Entertainment Weekly "[A] rumbustious and harrowing biography that takes us from London to Newport to Kenya. . . . A feast for the Anglophile." -The New York Times Book Review "Brilliant and utterly divine. . . . A breath of fresh air from a vanished world." -The Daily Beast " The Bolter is a biographical treat." -Good Housekeeping "Fascinating. . . . Paint[s] an interesting picture of Edwardian England, its social mores and rigors giving way to the wildness of pre-depression Europe." -Minneapolis Star Tribune "An engaging, definitive final look back at those naughty people who, between the wars, took their bad behavior off to Kenya and whose upper-class delinquency became gilded with unjustified glamour." -Financial Times "A sympathetic but evenhanded portrait of a woman driven by needs and desires even she didn't understand." -The Columbus Dispatch "Truly interesting. Osborne paints an enthralling portrait of upper class English life just before, during and immediately after the Great War. Frivolous, rich, sexy [and] achingly fashionable." -The Observer (London) "Even today Lady Idina Sackville could get tongues wagging. . . . A lively portrait of the UK-born troublemaker, a woman who took countless lovers, raised hell in England and Africa, inspired novels by Nancy Mitford and carried around a dog she named Satan. . . . Through [Idina's] story, we not only get a sexy and difficult-to-put-down read, we also get a good look at the shadow side of this prim and proper era and the real women who defied convention to live in it."-Jessa Crispin, "Books We Like," NPR "A racy romp underpinned by some impressive research." -The Sunday Telegraph (London) "Passionate and headstrong, Lady Idina was determined to be free even if the cost was scandal and ruin. Frances Osborne has brilliantly captured not only one woman's life but an entire lost society." -Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire "Told very much like a novel, The Bolter introduces readers to a world where every rule is broken and creating a scene is the latest fashion accessory." -The Daily Texan "Not only is it a beautifully written, intriguing chronicle of a frenetic, privileged, and profoundly sad life, it catches a social group and the mad-cap lives they led-so luxurious, so wasted. . . . Superb." -Barbara Goldsmith, author of Obsessive Genius and Little Gloria. . ., ". . . A vivid portrait of her scandalous ancestor and her relationships with family members, while conjuring a vanished world with novelistic detail and flair." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "A beautifully written, intriguing chronicle of a frenetic, privileged, and profoundly sad life, it catches a social group and the mad-cap lives they led-so luxurious, so wasted." -Barbara Goldsmith, author ofObsessive GeniusandLittle Gloria. . . Happy at Last "The Bolteris a feast." -Dominique Browning,New York Times Book Review "Intoxicating." -People "For those who can't ever get enough of the frolics and affairs of the British upper class in the '20s and '30s,thisis the book for you. . . brilliant and utterly divine. . . full of charming details and wonderfully good stories about old scandals. . . It's a breath of fresh air from a vanished world." -Michael Korda,The Daily Beast "Osborne has written an engaging book, drawing a revealing portrait of a remarkable woman and adding humanity to her "scandalous" life. . . And what a life it was. -Wall Street Journal "Osborne's lively narrative brings Lady Idina Sackville boldly to life. . . the text, most lyrical when describing the landscapes around Idina's African residences, proves than an adventurous spirit continues to run in this fascinating family." -Publishers Weekly (starred) "Sex, money, glamour, and scandal make Idina Sackville's story hard to put down. What brings that story to life is the courage of an incorrigibly stylish survivor. Searching for the woman behind the legend Osborne discovers [gives us] a heroine impossible to resist." -Frances Kiernan, author of The Last Mrs. Astor and Seeing Mary Plain: A life of Mary McCarthy "Fascinating. . . beautifully written. . . Frances Osborne brings the decadence of Britain's dying aristocracy vividly to life in this story of scandal and heartbreak." -Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Young Stalin and Stalin: Court of the Red Tsar From the Hardcover edition.
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