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Frances Osborne

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born

February 18, 1969 in London, The United Kingdom

gender

female

website

http://francesosborne.com/

genre

History, Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs

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Frances Osborne was born in London and studied philosophy and modern languages at Oxford University. She is the author of two biographies; Lilla's Feast and The Bolter: Idina Sackville. Her first historical novel, Park Lane, will be published Summer 2012. Her articles have appeared in The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Independent, the Daily Mail, and Vogue. She lives in London with her husband, George Osborne, and their two children.

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Books by Frances Osborne

Average rating: 3.51 · 1,218 ratings · 324 reviews · 7 distinct works

	The Bolter: Edwardian Heartbreak and High Society Scandal in Kenya 3.52 avg rating — 1,130 ratings — published 2008 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Lilla's Feast: One Woman's True Story of Love and War in the Orient 3.47 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Park Lane 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — expected publication 2012 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Family Gourmet 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Susan (1862) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Voice of Many Waters: A Tale for Young People (1848) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Tales of the Sea and Land: Or a Peaceful Progress Over the Unpathed Sea (1851) by Frances Osborne, A. Cooper (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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The Common Reader: Volume 1 by Virginia Woolf

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Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle

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Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead by Paula Byrne

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Oscar Wilde's Last Stand: Decadence, Conspiracy, and the Most Outrageous Trial of the Century by Phillip Hoare

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The Perfect Summer: Dancing into Shadow in 1911 by Juliet Nicolson

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The Bolter: Edwardian Heartbreak and High Society Scandal in Kenya by Frances Osborne

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Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant by Philip Hoare

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George: An Early Autobiography by Emlyn Williams

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