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Anne Sebba – author of “American Jennie”

Jennie Jerome is mainly known to modern audiences as “Winston Churchill’s mother.” Did you approach “American Jennie” with the object of explaining how Jennie’s personality shaped Winston, or to push...

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Ettie: The Intimate Life and Dauntless Spirit of Lady Desborough

Biographies on Edwardian aristocrats largely confine themselves to Jennie Jerome, Lillie Langtry, and Consuelo Vanderbilt, so it’s a treat to discover one written about one of the most famous women of...

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Friday Reads: Unquiet Souls by Angela Lambert & The Souls by Jane Abdy &...

The 1980s were apparently a last hurrah for books about Edwardian society (no doubt in reaction to the death of the last Edwardian and “Soul”, Lady Diana Cooper, who died in 1986 aged 93), and the year...

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New Book: Lily, Duchess of Marlborough (1854–1909): A Portrait with Husbands

Lily Price Hamersley became, with her 1888 marriage to the eighth Duke of Marlborough, the highest-ranking peeress in England and the first American duchess in fifty years. The duke was one of three...

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Review: The Real Elizabeth by Andrew Marr

The mystique of the British monarchy is seductive, particularly to Americans, and I am not ashamed to admit I indulged in a bit of “royal watching.” Though my favorite monarchs (or at least the...

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Sissieretta Jones, a Musical Pioneer to Be Remembered

By Maureen D. Lee When Sissieretta Jones: “The Greatest Singer of Her Race,” 1868-1933, is published May 15 by the University of South Carolina Press, it will be the culmination of a nine-year effort...

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REVIEW: The First Lady of Fleet Street by Eliat Negev and Yehuda Koren

BLURB: A panoramic portrait of a remarkable woman and the tumultuous Victorian era on which she made her mark, The First Lady of Fleet Street chronicles the meteoric rise and tragic fall of Rachel...

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Edward VII: Prince of Pleasure

In celebration of Edwardian Promenade being linked to in The Guardian’s review of Jane Ridley’s new biography of the king, Bertie: A Life of Edward VII, here is a BBC documentary of his life:

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Review: The Blue Beast: Power and Passion in the Great War

Blurb: This is the epic true story of three beautiful Edwardian mistresses and confidantes. Using extensive new research, “The Blue Beast” exposes the scandalous private lives of those at the pinnacle...

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Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the spending of a...

Due for release September 10th 2013 ‘Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the spending of a great American fortune,’ is a book about a house, the man who built it and the fate of...

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Saturday Soirée: The Mitford Girls’ Guide to Life by Lyndsy Spence

Every other Saturday, I am opening the doors of Edwardian Promenade to authors whose work will interest readers of the blog. If you are an unpublished novelist, or have a new or upcoming release that...

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REVIEW: The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince by Jane...

There are countless biographies of King Edward VII available–some published during his lifetime–and I’ve read many of them, as well as biographies and memoirs written about and by, respectively,...

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REVIEW: The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport

Helen Rappaport pierces the romantic veiling swaddled around the daughters of Nicholas II to present a pleasing, if sobering look at the four lives brutally ended one night in the summer of 1918. I’m...

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Fascinating Edwardian Women for Women’s History Month

Reach back into Edwardian Promenade’s archives for a series of posts on fascinating Edwardian women! Cornelia Sorabji Though Indian (Parsi) and a woman, Cornelia Sorabji accomplished the unimaginable...

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Interview with Myra MacPherson, author of The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage...

Book Review The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage and Scandal In the Gilded Age is a very approachable book about the lives of Victoria and Tennessee Claflin, two sisters who shocked and scandalized 19th...

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