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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Holroyd, Michael.     Subjects     Women -- Biography.     Gifted women -- Biography.     Daughters -- Biography.     Illegitimate children -- Biography.     Absentee fathers -- Biography.     Unmarried mothers -- Biography.     Mistresses -- Biography.     Fathers and daughters.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Holroyd, Michael.       by title:      A book of secrets : ...         MARC Display

A book of secrets : illegitimate daughters, absent fathers / Michael Holroyd. by Holroyd, Michael. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. Subjects Women -- Biography.   Gifted women -- Biography.   Daughters -- Biography.   Illegitimate children -- Biography.   Absentee fathers -- Biography.   Unmarried mothers -- Biography.   Mistresses -- Biography.   Fathers and daughters. ISBN:  0374115583 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780374115586 (hardcover : alk. paper) Description:  xiv, 258 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Edition:  1st American ed. Contents:  Preface: The world turned upside down -- The importance of being Ernest and some women of no importance -- Ernest goes abroad -- All about Eve -- With Catherine at Cimbrone -- Excitements, earthquakes, and elopements -- Women in love -- Ultraviolet -- Emergency exits -- Looking round -- Epilogue: Time regained -- Afterword: A history of the books -- Family trees. Requests:  0 Summary:  The author shares the stories of unknown women who played significant roles in the lives of prominent figures, including a mistress shared by the second Lord Grimthorpe and the Prince of Wales (Alice Keppel), a creative muse of Auguste Rodin (Eve Fairfax), and a novelist lover of Vita Sackville-West (Violet Trefusis). He also reflects on himself as investigator and biographer.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 306.8742 Ho Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 306.8742 Holroyd Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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