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A Book of Secrets: Illegitimate Daughters, Absent Fathers (Paperback)
Short Description for A Book of SecretsDeals with a company of unknown women: Alice Keppel who was the mistress of both the second Lord Grimthorpe and the Prince of Wales; Eve Fairfax who was Lord Grimthorpe's abandoned fiancee and sometime muse of Auguste Rodin; and, the novelist Violet Trefusis who was the lover of Vita Sackville-West.
Full description- Publisher: VINTAGE
- Published: 03 November 2011
- Format: Paperback 272 pages
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- Categories: Biography: General | Biography: Historical, Political & Military | Memoirs | Family & Relationships | Advice On Parenting
- ISBN 13: 9780099548942 ISBN 10: 0099548941
- Sales rank: 87,218
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Full description for A Book of Secrets
"A Book of Secrets" is a masterfully atmospheric treasure-trove of hidden lives, uncelebrated achievements and family mysteries. Acclaimed biographer Michael Holroyd peers into dusty corners to bring a company of unknown women into the light: Alice Keppel was the mistress of both the second Lord Grimthorpe and the Prince of Wales; Eve Fairfax was Lord Grimthorpe's abandoned fiancee and sometime muse of Auguste Rodin; and, the novelist Violet Trefusis was the lover of Vita Sackville-West. Taking the reader on a journey of discovery from Ravello to Paris, from Kirkstall Grange in Yorkshire to Vita Sackville-West's home at Knole, "A Book of Secrets" lucidly gives voice to fragile human connections.
