Mary Curzon Nigel Nicolson

Name: Mary Curzon By Nigel Nicolson
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Mary Curzon by Nigel Nicolson

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Summary

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

MARY CURZON is a portrait of three different societies, American, English and Indian, at the turn of the century. But most of all it is the emotional and personal tale of the deepening relationship between a lovely American girl and an Englishman of exraordinary intellect and power.

About Nigel Nicolson

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 closefriends 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

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Sku

GOR010597591

ISBN 13

9780297819110

ISBN 10

0297819119

Title

Mary Curzon by Nigel Nicolson

Author

Nigel Nicolson

Condition

Used - Like New

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Orion Publishing Co

Year published

1997-01-27

Number of pages

240

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N/A

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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins