The Viceroy's Daughters
The Lives of the Curzon Sisters
$45.86
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2001
Summary
Irene (born 1896), Cynthia (b.1898) and Alexandria (b.1904) were the three daughters of Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India 1898-1905 and probably the grandest and most self-confident imperial servant Britain ever possessed.
After the death of his fabulously rich American wife in 1906, Curzon’s determination to control every aspect of his daughters’ lives, including the money that was rightfully theirs, led them one by one into revolt against their father.
The three sisters were at …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753812556 |
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| ISBN-10: | 075381255X |
| Author: | Anne de Courcy |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2001 |
| Weight: | 348g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 132mm x 35mm |
| Series: | Women in History |
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About The Author
Anne de Courcy
Anne de Courcy is a well-known writer and journalist. In the 1970s she was Woman’s Editor on the London Evening News; in the 1980s she was a regular feature-writer for the Evening Standard; she joined the Daily Mail in 1992 where she has done interviews, historical features and book reviews, as well as editing a page on readers’ dilemmas. She has written eight books, including a biography of Diana Mosley to appear after the subject’s lifetime.
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