Description: THE EXTRAORDINARY CURZON SISTERS TODAY THE BRITISH UPPER-CLASSES ARE NOT WHAT THEY USED TO BE but in the final stages of their heyday, the aristocracy was as potent as it ever was - dominant in politics, diplomacy, society, the military and the church. In the early half of the 20th Century, the British may well have been moving toward a classless society - but the activities of their ultra-posh fellow citizens, as described by the glossy tabloids, continued to fascinate, entertain and, from time to time, outrage them. They still do - though these activities are mostly fictional today and take place in hugely popular TV series like Downton Abbey, Brideshead Revisited and Upstairs, Downstairs. The activities described in this hard-to-put-down account are not fictional, but the extraordinary real-life stories of one of the most prominent aristocratic families of the waning times: the three daughters of Lord Curzon, super-grand viceroy of British India. All were born around the turn of the century. AUTHOR ANNE de COURCY IS RENOWNED FOR HER BOOKS on the British upper classes, notably her biography of Lady Diana Mosley, friend of Adolf Hitler and one of the six famous Mitford sisters. In this work she recounts the lives of Irene, Cynthia and Alexandria Curzon, all of them at the center of the glitzy and glamorous world of the twenties and thirties - lots of fun for those who could afford it. Familiar figures appear in these pages - among them the abdicated Duke of Windsor and his wife the Duchess, the former Mrs Simpson, Oswald Mosley, Lord Mountbatten, the Churchills, and many others. The book on offer here - A US First Edition - is in very good condition with clean, crisp and unmarked pages. The hardcover binding is firm, straight and undamaged and the intact dust-jacket is protected by a removable Brodart plastic cover. There are no inscriptions, bookplates and any other signs of previous ownership. It has numerous black-and-white photographs and, in addition to a general index, it provides a bibliography. Publisher: William Morrow ISBN: 0-06-621061-5 Non-fiction: History ++ All books sold by Mackie Books are packaged in bubble wrap to guard against damage from accidental bumping during shipping. This book will be shipped in a cardboard box. + Click here to see other listings by Mackie Books on eBay, including American and international classics. + We ship internationally through eBay's Global Shipping Program. + All the pictures we post with our eBay listing are from the actual books being sold and are not stock pictures. + We like to get books to you in the condition described above. This means careful packaging - our specialty. + We use recycled material for packaging whenever possible - and we ask our friends to do this too! + At Mackie Books, we believe book-collecting should be stress-free.
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Location: Sausalito, California
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Life in the British Aristocracy, 20th Century
Region: Great Britain
Format: Hardcover
Country: United Kingdom
Book Title: The Viceroy's Daughters
Type: Biography
Subjects: Biographies & True Stories
Author: Anne de Courcy
Publication Year: 2002
Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow (HarperCollins)
Age Level: Adults, Young Adults
Era: 1930s
Special Attributes: ISBN: 0-06-621061-5, 1st US Edition, Brodart Plastic, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
