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Cast a Diva: The Hidden Life of Maria Callas by Lyndsy Spence
39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Call it 'charm', call it 'magic', call it 'Maria' - Dorle Soria 'The new face of Maria Callas ... is even more dramatic than how History (with a capital H) has already painted it.' - Vogue Italia Maria Callas (1923-77) was the greatest opera diva of all time. Despite a career that remains unmatched by ...Show more
Cast a Diva: The Hidden Life of Maria Callas by LYNDSY SPENCE
49.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Maria Callas (1923-1977) was the greatest opera diva of all time with a career that remains unmatched by any prima donna. Much of her life was overshadowed by her fiery relationship with Aristotle Onassis, who broke her heart when he left her for Jacqueline Kennedy, and her reputation was marred by lege ...Show more
Mrs Guinness by LYNDSY SPENCE
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Category: History
Before Diana Mitford's disgrace as a social pariah, she was a celebrated member of the Bright Young Things, moving at the centre of 1920s and '30s London high society. She was a muse to many: Helleu painted her, James Lees-Milne worshipped her, Evelyn Waugh dedicated a book to her and Winston Churchill ...Show more
She Who Dares - Ten Trailblazing Society Women by Lyndsy Spence
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Category: History
"Oh dear," said Evelyn Waugh of his society friends, "these great ladies." In this book of pen portraits, the reader is introduced to 10 extraordinary women who were society stars in the interwar years, and is offered a fresh perspective on key historical events, such as the abdication, the rise of fasc ...Show more
The Grit in the Pearl - The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll by Lyndsy Spence
49.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (1912-1993) was an international celebrity in her youth, adored and observed by millions. But in 1963, the year of the Profumo Affair, the 11th Duke of Argyll shocked the country when he alleged that his adulterous wife had slept with over eighty men behind his back. He produ ...Show more
The Mitford Girls' Guide to Life by Lyndsy Spence
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The six Mitford girls were blessed with beauty, wit and talent, yet they led very distinct, cultural lives and not one sister, except for Diana and Unity, shared the same opinion or ideology. Nancy Mitford was the ultimate tease and her talent for mockery reformed the publishing industry in the 1930s an ...Show more
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