The Grit in the Pearl

The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll

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Lyndsy Spence

Verlag:

Tantor

Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: 4DKZGK3

EAN: 9798200279609

Erhältlich:

Nicht auf Lager

Zustellung: Do, 27.08.2026

Versand: Kostenlos

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CHF 66.50

Beschreibung

Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (1912-1993) was an international celebrity in her youth, adored and observed by millions. But in 1963, the year of the Profumo Affair, the 11th Duke of Argyll shocked the country when he alleged that his adulterous wife had slept with over eighty men behind his back. He produced, as his evidence, a set of sexually explicit Polaroid photographs and explosive love letters. The duke won a divorce, but this had a dramatic effect on Margaret's life. On the verge of financial destitution, she fell from grace and was abandoned by most of her friends prior to her death in a nursing home in Pimlico in 1993. Lyndsy Spence tells a tragic story of the life and downfall of this fascinatingly complex woman, and shows how she fell victim to a cruel husband, harsh social mores, and an unforgiving class. It uses new sources, including taped conversations, an unexpurgated transcript of her divorce trial, interviews, and letters. The Grit in the Pearl. is a meticulously researched and powerful biography, which acts as a potent lens on various themes in the last century: fame, privacy, the media, sex, power, and relationships between classes.

Spezifikationen

Sprache

Englisch

Autor

Lyndsy Spence
Lucy Rayner

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Format

Audio-CD

Dauer

9 Stunden