Mary Curzon
Mary Curzon
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The daughter of a self-made American man, Mary Leiter was the star of Washington and New York by the age of 20, and then went on to conquer London and Paris. As the wife of Lord Curzon, she became Vicereine of India and an intimate of leading members of the British Cabinet until her early death.
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Mary Curzon by Nigel Nicolson
In 1870 Mary Leiter was born in the suburbs of Chicago, the daughter of a self-made man. Although she died aged only thirty-six, she became the most famous American woman of her times. As the wife of Lord Curzon, and Vicereine of India when British power was greatest, she occupied with incomparable grace, courage and distinction the most splendid position which any American, man or woman, has ever held in the British Empire.
Nigel Nicolson is the son of the politician, diarist and biographer Harold Nicolson, and the poet and writer Vita Sackville-West who restored Sissinghurst Castle in Kent, now a property of the National Trust. The family were close friends with Virginia and Leonard Woolf. Nicolson was the co-founder of Weidenfeld & Nicolson, was a Conservative MP in the 1950s and is the author of fifteen previous books.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780753802014 |
| ISBN 10 | 0753802015 |
| Title | Mary Curzon |
| Author | Nigel Nicolson |
| Series | Phoenix Giants S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 1998-04-06 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |