Sheila : the Australian beauty who bewitched British society
Wainwright, Robert, 1961-2015
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Click and Collect for Sheila : the Australian beauty who bewitched British societySheila wedded earls and barons, befriended literary figures and movie stars, bedded a future king, was feted by London and New York society for forty years and when she died was a Russian princess. Vivacious, confident and striking, Sheila Chisholm met her first husband, Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair - Erskine, a first lieutenant and son of the 5th Earl of Rosslyn, when she went to Egypt during the Great War to nurse her brother. Arriving in London as a young married woman, the world was at her feet - and she enjoyed it immensely. Edward, Prince of Wales, called her 'a divine woman' and his brother, Bertie, the future George VI of England (Queen Elizabeth's father), was especially close to her. She subsequently became Lady Milbanke and ended her days as Princess Dimitri of Russia. Sheila had torrid love affairs with Rudolph Valentino and Prince Obolensky of Russia and among her friends were Evelyn Waugh, Lord Beaverbrook and Wallis Simpson. An extraordinary woman unknown to most Australians, Sheila is a spellbinding story of a unique time and a place and an utterly fascinating life.
Main title:
Sheila : the Australian beauty who bewitched British society / Robert Wainwright.
Author:
Wainwright, Robert, 1961-, author
Imprint:
Crows Nest, N.SW : Allen & Unwin, 2015.©2014
Collation:
xiii, 410 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781760113087 (pbk)9781760113087
Dewey class:
941.084092941.084
Language:
English
Subject:
Chisholm, Margaret Sheila MacKellarAustralians -- Great Britain -- BiographySocialites -- Great Britain -- BiographySocialites -- Australia -- BiographyNobility -- England -- BiographyUpper class families -- England -- BiographyWomen -- Australia -- Biography -- 20th centuryEngland -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryBiographies
BRN:
399329
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 941.084 CHIS | Available |
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