Tangled Souls (eBook)

Love and Scandal Among the Victorian Aristocracy

Jane Dismore (Autor)

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2022 | 1. Auflage
326 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9986-1 (ISBN)

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Outrageously handsome, witty and clever, Harry Cust was reputed to be one of the great womanisers of the late Victorian era. In 1893, while a Member of Parliament, he caused public scandal by his affair with artist and poet Nina Welby Gregory. When she revealed she was pregnant, horror swept through their circle known as 'the Souls', a cultured, mostly aristocratic group of writers, artists and politicians who also rubbed shoulders with luminaries such as Oscar Wilde and H. G. Wells. For the rest of their lives, Harry and Nina would fight to rebuild their reputations and maintain the marriage they were pressurised to enter. In Tangled Souls, acclaimed biographer Jane Dismore tells the tumultuous story of the romance which threatened to tear apart this distinguished group of friends, revealing pre-war society at its most colourful and most conflicted.

Jane Dismore is a biographer and history writer. Her books include Tangled Souls: Love and Scandal among the Victorian Aristocracy; Princess: The Early Life of Queen Elizabeth II (a source for the ITV and PBS documentary Our Queen at War); and Duchesses: Living in 21st Century Britain, the first book to examine the lives of today's non-royal duchesses. She writes features for a wide range of publications and has appeared on television, radio and in podcasts. Jane is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the Society of Authors, the Biographers' Club and the Biographers International Organisation. A former teacher and practising solicitor, she lives in Hertfordshire.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.2.2022
• Zusatzinfo: Integrated images
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: affairs • aristocracy • Artemis Cooper • Arthur Balfour • ashbridge • belton house • Country Houses • ettie grenfell • George Curzon • George Wyndham • harry cust • hg wells • h g Wells • Love and Scandal Among the Victorian Aristocracy • lovers • nina welby • Oscar Wilde • the souls • those wild wyndhams • Upper Class • victorian aristocrats • Victorian Britain • victorian britain, Love and Scandal Among the Victorian Aristocracy, victorian aristocrats, aristocracy, harry cust, nina welby, the souls, Victorian society, oscar wilde, h g wells, hg wells, those wild wyndhams, arthur balfour, george curzon, artemis cooper, belton house, ashbridge, upper class, violet granby, ettie grenfell, george curzon, george wyndham, country houses, lovers, affairs, • victorian britain, Love Obsession and Scandal Among the Victorian Aristocracy, victorian aristocrats, aristocracy, harry cust, nina welby, the souls, Victorian society, oscar wilde, h g wells, hg wells, those wild wyndhams, arthur balfour, george curzon, artemis cooper, belton house, ashbridge • Victorian society • violet granby
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9986-1 / 0750999861
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9986-1 / 9780750999861