Description
| Product ID: | 9780749026677 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Improbable Adventures of Miss Emily Soldene |
| Subtitle: | Actress, Writer, and Rebel Victorian |
| Authors: | Author: Helen Batten |
| Page Count: | 341 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The story of a Victorian Actress and Lady Journalist From humble beginnings with the threat of the workhouse looming, Emily Soldene rose to become a star of the London stage and a formidable impresario with her own opera company. The darling of theatreland, she later reinvented herself as a journalist and writer who scandalised the country with her outrageous memoir. Weaving through the grit and glamour of Victorian music halls and theatres, taking encounters with the Pre-Raphaelites and Charles Dickens in her stride, Emily became the toast of New York and ventured far off the beaten track to tour Australia and New Zealand. Batten paints a vibrant portrait of an almost forgotten star who trod the boards, travelled the globe and tore up the Victorian rule book. |
| Imprint Name: | Allison & Busby |
| Publisher Name: | Allison & Busby |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-03-17 |