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Vintage
May 2010
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Featuring: Idina Sackville
354 pages
ISBN: 0307476421
EAN: 9780307476425
Kindle: B002BH5HX0
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Non-Fiction Biography
In an age of bolters—women who broke the rules and fled
their marriages—Idina Sackville was the most celebrated of
them all. Her relentless affairs, wild sex parties, and
brazen flaunting of convention shocked high society and
inspired countless writers and artists, from Nancy Mitford
to Greta Garbo. But Idina’s compelling charm masked the pain
of betrayal and heartbreak.
Now Frances
Osborne explores the life of Idina, her enigmatic
great-grandmother, using letters, diaries, and family
legend, following her from Edwardian London to the hills of
Kenya, where she reigned over the scandalous antics of the
“Happy Valley Set.” Dazzlingly chic yet warmly intimate,
The Bolter is a fascinating look at a woman whose
energy still burns bright almost a century later.
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