Queen Bees: Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars – A Spectacle of Celebrity, Talent, and Burning Ambition

Queen Bees: Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars – A Spectacle of Celebrity, Talent, and Burning Ambition

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Weight 0.346 kg
Dimensions 2.8 × 13 × 19.6 cm
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Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

416
Publisher

Year Published

2017-4-6
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

1473618053
About The Author

Cultural historian Siân Evans has worked for the National Trust, the V&A and the Design Museum, and is the author of several works of social history including Mrs Ronnie: The Society Hostess Who Collected Kings, The Manor Reborn and Life Below Stairs.Siân lives in London.

So entertaining – and there's lots of insider fun to be had… Excels at anecdotes and punchlines… The strength of Queen Bees is its wealth of detail and its author's nose for a human story… This book dances in and out of its subject to the sound of plate-smashing, cut-glass gossip, ukeleles, Beecham's orchestras, jazz bands, Nazi anthems and bombs. "I've been to a marvellous party," wrote Noël Coward. Thanks to Queen Bees, we can feel as though we were there too.
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The story of the six extraordinary hostesses who shaped British society in the inter-war years: Lady Astor, Lady Colefax, Lady Londonderry, Lady Cunard, Laura Corrigan and Mrs Ronnie Greville.

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