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The plot could have been inspired by Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies, but unlike Waugh's novel — which parodies the era of the 'Bright Young Things' — The Mistress of Mayfair is a real-life story of scandal, greed, corruption and promiscuity at the heart of 1920s and '30s high society, focusing on the wily, willful socialite Doris Delevingne and her doomed relationship with the gossip columnist Valentine Browne, Viscount Castlerosse. Marrying each...
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MARGARET, DUCHESS OF ARGYLL was an international celebrity in her youth, adored and observed by millions. But in 1963 the 11th Duke of Argyll shocked the country when he alleged that his adulterous wife had slept with over eighty men behind his back. As his evidence, he produced a set of sexually explicit Polaroid photographs and explosive love letters, helping to win his divorce and affecting Margaret's life forever. On the verge of financial destitution,...
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'Touched with genius' The Spectator
What's the best way to get the upper hand in an argument solely through letters? How should you liven up a dull night at Buckingham Palace? When, exactly, is the best time to run away to the Spanish Civil War?
The Mitford sisters — Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica and Deborah — knew the answers to all these questions and more. Perhaps the most remarkable family of the mid-twentieth century, their exciting...
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