The life of Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans, Duchesse de Montpensier, commonly known as La Grande Mademoiselle. She was a tall, plain, obstinate woman, well known for her pride, fiery temper and loyalty. The niece of Louis XIII and the daughter of an heiress, she was the richest woman in France. As a...
Well, that will teach me to read the foreword. The book mirrors the passion between Vita Sackville West and her childhood friend Violet Keppel, so I was waiting for passion and scandal. Which happens mostly in the last 100 pgs.Actually the last 20 are really intense. I can't help thinking that Eve, ...
The Lady Slane’s husband dies at the ripe age of 92, leaving her a widow with a small pension, six children (all over the age of 60), and innumerable grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Imagine her family’s surprise when this venerable and venerated old woman takes up a small house in London and ...
Tells the tale of a young man born with every advantage nature and fortune can give him, who is yet unhappy and unfulfilled. Sebastion, who is born a duke, struggles against society’s assumptions in a quest for meaning and wholesome goodness. He is alternately assisted and hindered by an old adventu...
This is such a beautiful book. The emotions and feelings within it are so real. The story is wonderful. I'm so glad my mom recommended it to me, but I'm sorry it took me so long to finally read. I wish I could read this for the first time again.
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