Drawn from the private family archive, this book recounts a family's dramatic reinvention and transformation on both sides of the Atlantic. "All of the Langhorne sisters are people one has to notice", wrote Eleanor Roosevelt from the White House in 1945. This effect and their great fame held sway first in the South, in Virginia, then the rest of America and England. High spirited, beautiful, clannish and adored, these five strikingly different women were mythologized in the plural long after their separate careers were a ...
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Drawn from the private family archive, this book recounts a family's dramatic reinvention and transformation on both sides of the Atlantic. "All of the Langhorne sisters are people one has to notice", wrote Eleanor Roosevelt from the White House in 1945. This effect and their great fame held sway first in the South, in Virginia, then the rest of America and England. High spirited, beautiful, clannish and adored, these five strikingly different women were mythologized in the plural long after their separate careers were a matter of history. Lizzie was the strict, puritan eldest sister, Irene was the flirtatious and golden southern belle. Nancy was flamboyant and powerful, and, after a disastrous first marriage, launched herself first on the stuffy ruling classes of England and then the House of Commons as the first woman MP. The luminous and melancholy Phyllis was a brilliant horsewoman and the only person Nancy loved all through her life. Nora was the eternal child, her life punctuated with seductions and boltings. This exploration of family myth unravels the darker stories: the tragic lives of Nancy and Phyllis's children by their first marriages. Placing his great aunt Nancy and grandmother Phyllis at its heart, the book looks at how their past lives and mistakes in America came back to haunt them. Told in their own intimate voices, selected from thousands of letters and journals, the book charts the attempts of two extraordinary women to transform themselves and to build new lives, and the chain of events that would destroy their family lives and happiness.
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Near fine in Near fine jacket. Near fine condition. Granta Books, 1998. First edition-first printing (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Yellow hardback (black lettering to the spine, small crease and nick on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj (very small tear on the edges of the back Dj cover, small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages as new with small ink marks and mark on the outer edges, small pencil mark impression on the edges of the front endpaper. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 586pp including The cast of characters, family tree, bibliography, index. Price clipped. Heavy book (approx. 1.3 Kg). First edition.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Missing jacket. The dust jacket of the book is missing. Inscription on the first page, typically just a name but may include a dedication or a brief personal message.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Copy in yellow cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Coloured end papers. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with b/w plates. This is a heavy book and may require additional postage.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1st edition, 8vo, 578pp, photo illustrations, VG+/Fine Copy in VG+/Fine DJ; NB This is a large heavy book well outside the preset postage tariffs; however for simplicity this item has been priced accordingly and no extra postage will be required unless buyer wants overseas sending. Overseas, which includes Europe, would be expensive proportionate to the price of the book.
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