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There is no reference to Almina's grim last years (bankrupt and social outcast, the old lady choked to death in 1969 while eating stew). Or a far darker portrait published recently. William Cross's startling account (The Life and Secrets of Almina Carnarvon) of a promiscuous, ambitious, yet admirable woman. Whose calamitous fall is more compelling reading than this cheerily-glossed tale... True? Different slant?

Sully Augustine Interesting. I did find the ending of the book somewhat abrupt. It's hard to imagine that Almina survived to 1969. What a life she led, spanning from …moreInteresting. I did find the ending of the book somewhat abrupt. It's hard to imagine that Almina survived to 1969. What a life she led, spanning from the reign of Queen Victoria to the Moon landing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almina_...(less)

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