James Fox

Five Sisters

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The author of the bestselling "White Mischief" tells the story of the beautiful Langhorne sisters who lived at the center of high and powerful society from the end of the Civil War through World War II. of photos.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780743200424
• ISBN-10: 074320042X
• Artikelnr.: 21968319

Autorenporträt

James Fox was born in Washington, D.C., in 1945. He worked as a journalist in Africa, and later at the Sunday Times in London. He is the author of the bestselling White Mischief.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
The Cast of Characters
The Langhorne Family Tree
1 The Langhornes
2 Mr. Langhorne's Rock
3 Mrs. Langhorne's Violet Lunch
4 Mr. Shaw and Mr. Brooks
5 Going Back in the Boats
6 Nancy and the Astors
7 Nancy the Good
8 Conquering Society
9 The Marriage of Nora
10 The Returning Pilgrim
11 Phyllis and the Captain
12 Bright Young Men
13 Fly Sickness
14 Outbreak of War
15 Trenches
16 Dear Mr. Brand
17 The Men in the Room
18 Writing from School
19 The Right Honourable Nancy Astor, MP
20 Nancy the Ringmaster
21 The Boy Problem
22 Nora's Garden of Roses
23 Winkie and the Jazz Age
24 Nancy to Moscow, Bobbie to Jail
25 Papa Wants a Little Gun
26 Scott Fitzgerald's Intimate Strangers
27 A Shovel in the Post
28 Alone in the Universe
29 Cockburn's "Cliveden Set"
30 Fort Augustus
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index