Description
| Product ID: | 9781857024692 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Scandalous Life |
| Subtitle: | The Biography of Jane Digby |
| Authors: | Author: Mary S. Lovell |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, Social and cultural history, Social & cultural history |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The biography of Jane Digby, an ‘enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart – and hormones – ruled her head.’ Harpers and Queen The biography of Jane Digby, an ‘enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart – and hormones – ruled her head.’ Harpers and QueenA celebrated aristocratic beauty, Jane Digby married Lord Ellenborough at seventeen. Their divorce a few years later was one of England s most scandalous at that time. In her quest for passionate fulfilment she had lovers which included an Austrian prince, King Ludvig I of Bavaria, and a Greek count whose infidelities drove her to the Orient. In Syria, she found the love of her life, a Bedouin nobleman, Sheikh Medjuel el Mezrab who was twenty years her junior.Bestselling biographer Mary Lovell has produced from Jane Digby’s diaries not only a sympathetic and dramatic portrait of a rare woman, but a fascinating glimpse into the centuries-old Bedouin tradition that is now almost lost. |
| Imprint Name: | 4th Estate |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1996-06-03 |