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A book of secrets : illegitimate daughters, absent fathers / Michael Holroyd.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating CT3203 .H73 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holroyd, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Biography.
- Women.
- Gifted women--Biography.
- Gifted women.
- Daughters--Biography.
- Daughters.
- Illegitimate children--Biography.
- Illegitimate children.
- Absentee fathers--Biography.
- Absentee fathers.
- Unmarried mothers--Biography.
- Unmarried mothers.
- Mistresses--Biography.
- Mistresses.
- Fathers and daughters.
- Trefusis, Violet, 1894-1972.
- Trefusis, Violet.
- Fairfax, Evelyn Constance, 1871-1978.
- Fairfax, Evelyn Constance.
- Keppel, Alice, 1869-1947.
- Keppel, Alice.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780374115586
- OCLC:
- 681499498
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