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Those wild Wyndhams : three sisters at the heart of power / by Claudia Renton.
Traces the opulent, idiosyncratic lives of Mary, Madeline, and Pamela Wyndham against a backdrop of cultural and political life in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781101874295
- ISBN: 1101874295
- Physical Description: x, 458 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 25 cm
- Edition: First United States edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This is a Borzoi Book." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-431) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | "Worse than 100 boys" -- Wilbury -- "The little hunter" -- Honeymoon -- The gang -- Clouds -- The birth of the souls -- The summer of 1887 -- Mananai -- Conflagration -- The season of 1889 -- The mad and their keepers -- Crisis -- India -- Rumor -- Egypt -- The Florentine drama -- Glen -- The portrait, war and death -- Plucking triumph from disaster -- The 1900 election -- Growing families -- The souls in power -- Pamela at Wilsford -- Mr. Balfour's poodle -- 1910 -- Revolution? -- 1911-1914 -- MCMXIV -- The front -- The remainder -- The grey dawn -- The end. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. Biography. History. Biographies. Nonfiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Public Library | 941.081 REN (Text) | 000146034 | Nonfiction | Available | - |