| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
xiv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: The world turned upside down -- The importance of being Ernest and some women of no importance -- Ernest goes abroad -- All about Eve -- With Catherine at Cimbrone -- Excitements, earthquakes, and elopements -- Women in love -- Ultraviolet -- Emergency exits -- Looking round -- Epilogue: Time regained -- Afterword: A history of the books -- Family trees. |
| Summary |
The author shares the stories of unknown women who played significant roles in the lives of prominent figures, including a mistress shared by the second Lord Grimthorpe and the Prince of Wales (Alice Keppel), a creative muse of Auguste Rodin (Eve Fairfax), and a novelist lover of Vita Sackville-West (Violet Trefusis). He also reflects on himself as investigator and biographer. |
| Subject |
Women -- Biography.
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Women -- Biography. |
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Gifted women -- Biography.
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Gifted women. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Daughters -- Biography.
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Daughters. |
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Illegitimate children -- Biography.
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Illegitimate children. |
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Absentee fathers -- Biography.
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Absentee fathers. |
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Unmarried mothers -- Biography.
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Unmarried mothers. |
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Mistresses -- Biography.
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Mistresses. |
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Fathers and daughters.
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Fathers and daughters. |
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Trefusis, Violet, 1894-1972.
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Trefusis, Violet, 1894-1972. |
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Fairfax, Evelyn Constance, 1871-1978.
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Fairfax, Evelyn Constance, 1871-1978. |
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Keppel, Alice, 1869-1947.
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Keppel, Alice, 1869-1947. |
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Holroyd, Michael.
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Holroyd, Michael. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0374115583 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780374115586 hardcover alkaline paper |
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