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“fiona joseph”

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  • BEATRICE The Cadbury Heiress Who Gave Away Her Fortune

    by Fiona Joseph ...
    LONGLISTED IN THE INTERNATIONAL RUBERY BOOK AWARD 2012"...meticulously researched and written in a lively fashion...really engages us with the subject and [Beatrice's] wider family and times." Liz Broomfield, Libro Blog book“Not only sheds new light on a fascinating history but is a very good read as well.” Daniela Hooghiemstra, Biographer of Kees Boeke“Its clear literary style and dramatic ... Read more

    $9.38 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Comforts For The Troops

    A novel inspired by women workers at Cadbury in World War One

    by Fiona Joseph ...
    From the author of BEATRICE The Cadbury Heiress Who Gave Away Her Fortune comes a compelling story inspired by women at Cadbury during The Great War.One war. Three women. 1000 knitted vests.After marrying Bill, housewife Jessie Paignton thought she’d left the Cadbury chocolate factory at Bournville for good. But money problems force her to return to work to make ends meet. Before long, however, ... Read more

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  • Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt

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  • Princess Victoria Melita

    by John van der Kiste ...
    Princess Victoria Melita played a colourful role from her birth in 1876. The second daughter of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, she made a brief and unhappy marriage at the age of 17 to her cousin, Ernest, Grand Duke of Hesse. In the face of strong opposition from her family she divorced him seven years later and married another cousin, Grand Duke Cyril of Russia, resulting in three years of exile. ... Read more

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  • Princess Louise: Queen Victoria's Unconventional Daughter

    by Jehanne Wake ...
    Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, was the sixth child of Queen Victoria. Born in 1848, that year of revolution in Europe, her childhood was painfully overshadowed by the death of her father, the Prince Consort. Her mother's subsequent seclusion not only rocked the foundations of the Monarchy but also proved to be a traumatic period for her family. Whilst still a teenager, Princess Louise found ... Read more

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  • The Last of the Duchess

    The Strange and Sinister Story of the Final Years of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

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    The Last of the Duchess is the account of Caroline Blackwood's attempts to write a final article on The Duchess of Windsor, who spent her last years under the thumb of her eccentric lawyer. • “A sharply observed (and sometimes very funny) portrait of the frivolous world of wealth and luxury inhabited by the Windsors.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesIn 1980, Lady Caroline Blackwood was given ... Read more

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    A sweeping saga of the success—and excess—of an iconic American family.Demanding and enigmatic, patriarch Conrad Hilton's visionary ideas and unyielding will established the model for the modern luxury hotel industry. But outside the boardroom, Conrad struggled with emotional detachment, failed marriages, and conflicted Catholicism. Then there were his children: Playboy Nicky Hilton's tragic ... Read more

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  • George V's Children

    by John van der Kiste ...
    The six children of King George V and Queen Mary all lived to maturity except the youngest, Prince John. The eldest, who was Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, reigned as King Edward VIII for less than a year. His infamous romance with Mrs Simpson plunged the country into the abdication crisis and led both of them into a long period of exile. King George VI, who reluctantly and unexpectedly ... Read more

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  • The Duchess of Windsor

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    by Diana Mitford, Lady Mosley (Diana Mosley) ...
    An intimate of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Diana Mosley was a frequent guest at their parties in Paris, or at 'the Moulin' in Orsay, where they were neighbours. Written in her inimitable style Diana Mosley paints a remarkable portrait of her friend that is also realistic with regards to her flaws. What was it about her that utterly captivated the heir to the throne and made him renounce it ... Read more

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  • Bessie Blount: Mistress to Henry VIII

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    The earliest known and longest lasting mistress of Henry VIII, Bessie Blount was the kings first love. More beautiful that Anne Boleyn or any of Henrys other wives or concubines, Bessies beauty and other charms ensured that she turned heads, winning a place at court as one of Catherine of Aragons ladies. Within months she was partnering the king in dancing and she rose to be the woman with the ... Read more

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  • Swallowcliffe Hall 1893: Eugenie's Story

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    For 'Downton Abbey' fans: a new title in the popular Swallowcliffe Hall series! This is the journal of Eugenie Vye: the prettiest debutante of the 1890 season, with hair she can sit on and a seventeen-inch waist – yet somehow three years later, still unmarried. Lord Vye's daughter might be thought to want for nothing, but life isn't easy on fifty guineas a year with a jealous stepmother watching ... Read more

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