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- catalog abstract ""The three Curzon sisters were at the very heart of the fast and glittering world of the Twenties and Thirties. Irene, intensely musical and a passionate foxhunter, had love affairs in the glamorous Melton Mowbray hunting set. Cynthia ('Cimmie') married Sir Oswald Mosley, joining him first in the Labour Party - where she became a popular and successful Labour MP herself - before following him into fascism. Alexandra ('Baba'), the youngest and most beautiful, married the Prince of Wales's best friend - and best man - Fruity Metcalfe. On Cimmie's early death in 1933 Baba flung herself into a long and passionate affair with Mosley and a liaison with Mussolini's ambassador to London, Count Grandi, while simultaneously enjoying the romantic devotion of the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax." "Based on unpublished letters and diaries, The Viceroy's Daughters throws new light on Oswald Mosley, Nancy Astor and the Cliveden Set, Lord Halifax, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. It is also a revealing portrait of British upper-class life in the first half of the 20th century."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12013836.
- catalog contributor b12013837.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain History 20th century.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""The three Curzon sisters were at the very heart of the fast and glittering world of the Twenties and Thirties. Irene, intensely musical and a passionate foxhunter, had love affairs in the glamorous Melton Mowbray hunting set. Cynthia ('Cimmie') married Sir Oswald Mosley, joining him first in the Labour Party - where she became a popular and successful Labour MP herself - before following him into fascism. Alexandra ('Baba'), the youngest and most beautiful, married the Prince of Wales's best friend - and best man - Fruity Metcalfe. On Cimmie's early death in 1933 Baba flung herself into a long and passionate affair with Mosley and a liaison with Mussolini's ambassador to London, Count Grandi, while simultaneously enjoying the romantic devotion of the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax." "Based on unpublished letters and diaries, The Viceroy's Daughters throws new light on Oswald Mosley, Nancy Astor and the Cliveden Set, Lord Halifax, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. It is also a revealing portrait of British upper-class life in the first half of the 20th century."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-410) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 421 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0297819771".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain History 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "941.082/092/2 B 21".
- catalog subject "Aristocracy (Social class) Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog subject "CT787.C87 D4 2000".
- catalog subject "Curzon family.".
- catalog subject "Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess, 1859-1925 Family.".
- catalog subject "Metcalfe, Alexandra Curzon, Lady, 1904-1995.".
- catalog subject "Mosley, Cynthia, Lady, 1898-1933.".
- catalog subject "Ravensdale, Mary Irene Curzon, Baroness, 1896-1966.".
- catalog title "The viceroy's daughters : the lives of the Curzon sisters / Anne de Courcy.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".