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Ettie: The Life and Loves of an Edwardian Hostess
Beautiful heiress, accomplished flirt, aristocratic hostess, tragic mother, and Edwardian icon, Ettie Desborough is a fascinating but forgotten figure. She has been celebrated in countless memoirs but this is the first biography of her, based on private family archives and letters. Ettie Fane was born in 1867 and orphaned at three. At 20 she married Willie Grenfell, later...more
Hardcover, 350 pages
Published
August 28th 2008
by Weidenfeld & Nicholson
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It was a decent and well written biography of a prominent Edwardian noblewoman but it is a bit of a chore to finish. However, I did not regret this impulse buy.
A pretty fantastic biography of a woman who, on the surface, wouldn't seem very interesting to the general public. Yet Davenport-Hines was able to breathe life into her story and affirm why Ettie Desborough is just as important to British history (political and social) as more well-known historical figures. The only complaint I have is that he throws a lot of names at you, and mostly writes within the context of someone familiar with the Edwardian era. Other than that, he manages to make you car...more
great follow-up to a book written about 30 years ago - 'the life of julian grenfell' (her son)
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