Sian Evans

Queen Bees

Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars - A Spectacle of Celebrity, Talent, and Burning Ambition
Siân Evans

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Produktbeschreibung

The story of the six extraordinary hostesses who shaped British society in the inter-war years: Lady Astor, Lady Colefax, Lady Londonderry, Lady Cunard, Laura Corrigan and Mrs Ronnie Greville.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton / Two Roads
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 507090
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9781473618053
• ISBN-10: 1473618053
• Artikelnr.: 46165517

Autorenporträt

Cultural historian Siân Evans has worked for the National Trust, the V&A and the Design Museum, and is the author of several works of social history including Mrs Ronnie: The Society Hostess Who Collected Kings, The Manor Reborn and Life Below Stairs. Siân lives in London.

Rezensionen

So entertaining - and there's lots of insider fun to be had... Excels at anecdotes and punchlines... The strength of Queen Bees is its wealth of detail and its author's nose for a human story... This book dances in and out of its subject to the sound of plate-smashing, cut-glass gossip, ukeleles, Beecham's orchestras, jazz bands, Nazi anthems and bombs. "I've been to a marvellous party," wrote Noël Coward. Thanks to Queen Bees, we can feel as though we were there too. The Times