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Holroyd, Michael.
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Women -- Biography.
Gifted women -- Biography.
Daughters -- Biography.
Illegitimate children -- Biography.
Absentee fathers -- Biography.
Unmarried mothers -- Biography.
Mistresses -- Biography.
Fathers and daughters.
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A book of secrets : ...
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A book of secrets : illegitimate daughters, absent fathers / Michael Holroyd.
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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.
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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.
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Hawaii State Library
Social Science & Philosophy
306.8742 Ho
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306.8742 Holroyd
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