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Books : The Viceroy's Daughters: The Lives of the Curzon Sisters (Women in History)
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The Viceroy's Daughters: The Lives of the Curzon Sisters (Women in History) by: Anne De Courcy |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780753812556 ISBN: 075381255X Label: Phoenix Manufacturer: Phoenix Number Of Pages: 496 Publication Date: July 05, 2001 Publisher: Phoenix Studio: Phoenix Sales Rank: 104489 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - A fascinating insight into 30s BritiainI was fascinated by this as I had no idea of the life and antics of Oswald Moseley and his behaviour towards his family. Irene turns out to be the much maligned sister and Baba's relationship with her brother-in-law is still mysterious. I was left at the end feeling that there was a lot more about her, her relationship with Tom and about Viv, Nicky and Micky, Cimmie's children that I wanted to know more about. Rating:  - The sordid, selfish reality behind the glitz....This is a hugely entertaining tale of of an upper strata of society utterly convinced of its own worth and superiority. The viceroy's daughters were at its core and many the major characters of the era figure in the story. The insights into their lives are fascinating and are vividly described. Sir Oswald Mosley, the fascist leader who married one of the daughters, for example, was a serial adulterer with minmal concern or interest in his own children. The book describes the travails, adventures, virtues and vices of the daughters with a pace that never flags. An added, and major bonus, is a highly diverting early section on their fascinating father. The view behind the glitz often reveals appalling behaviour but there ... Read More: Rating: - This book is simply delightful which gave hours of pleasure.I thought that this book was a complete delight to read as it gave me insight to what actually happened during the first forty years of the last century. I would highly recommend this as an excellent read. Rating:  - Could have been fun but ruined by shoddy writing and editingAfter reading Curzon's latest biog and various Mitford sisters' books in this genre, I was looking forward to some more biography-lite. Sadly the editing is so bad that almost every paragraph is nonsensical, repeats what has already been said, or omits to introduce people and events not mentioned earlier. Simple things like achronyms (NUPE, NUPA) are not spelt out, yet one is constantly reminded that so-and-so had an affair with so-and-so. A lot of detail is trite while important events (pregancies or political developments) suddenly arrive unannounced and with little background explanation (desirable at least in the case of the political events!) Buy it only if you know some of the people involved personally ... Read More: Rating:  - Readable, intimate, sympathetic account of Ld Curzon's 3gelsIn the realm of sibling biography the Mitford sisters have long held the floor while the Curzon sisters sat it out; safely aloof and largely unknown. Endowed with their diaries and letters - and the blessing of their sons and nephews - Anne de Courcy has turned the spotlight on to Irene, Cynthia ('Cimmie'), and Alexandra ('Baba') Curzon for almost a century from Irene's birth in 1896 until Baba's death in 1995. Through their parents and partners, the sisters' lives span and intimately intersect the world of the Souls, the Raj, the Abdication, the British Fascists, the Cliveden Set, and the Dorchester clique during the Blitz. Lord Kitchener and Winston Churchill, George V and Lloyd George, Elinor Glyn and Nancy Astor, Dino Grandi and Jock Whitney, ... Read More: |
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