The Bolter
Idina Sackville - the 1920 s style icon and seductress said to have inspired Taylor Swift s The Bolter
$41.28
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2009
Summary
On Friday 25th May, 1934, a forty-one-year-old woman walked into the lobby of Claridge’s Hotel to meet the nineteen-year-old son whose face she did not know. Fifteen years earlier, as the First World War ended, Idina Sackville shocked high society by leaving her multimillionaire father to run off to Africa with a near penniless man.
An inspiration for Nancy Mitford’s character The Bolter, painted by William Orpen and photographed by Cecil Beaton, Sackville went on to divorce a total o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844084807 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844084809 |
| Author: | Frances Osborne |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2009 |
| Weight: | 290g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Virago Press |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Truly interesting. Osborne paints an enthralling portrait of upper class English life just before, during and immediately after the Great War. Frivolous, rich, sexy, achingly fashionable… Frances Osborne has probably made her peace at last. - Robert McCrum, OBSERVER
Osborne is a graceful writer, excellent at evoking the atmosphere of London during the First World War and Happy Valley in the Twenties. Her judgement is pitch-perfect, never letting Idina off the hook but at the same time sympathetic towards her, and she skilfully captures the myriad twists and turns of a turbulent life. - Christopher Silvester, DAILY EXPRESS Frances Osborne has produced a racy romp underpinned by some impressive research. She understands the period and the world she describes. - Selina Hastings, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Osborne is an imaginative scene painter… Idina wasn t admirable, but Osborne makes us sympathise with her. - Marianne Brace, INDEPENDENT An engaging book and a definitive final look back at those naughty people who, between the wars, took their bad behaviour off to Kenya and whose upper-class delinquency became gilded with unjustified glamour. - Alexandra Fuller, FINANCIAL TIMESAbout The Author
Frances Osborne
Born in London in 1969, Frances Osborne worked as a barrister, investment research analyst and journalist before writing her first book, Lilla’s Feast. She is married to George Osborne.
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