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She was irresistible. She inspired fiction, fantasy, legend, and art. Some say she was “the Bolter” of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit of Love. She “played” Iris Storm in Michael Arlen’s celebrated novel about fashionable London’s lost generation, The Green Hat, and Greta Garbo played her... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Idina Sackville: Add a description of this character.
- Euan Wallace: Idina's first husband.
- David John Wallace: Idina and Euan's first son.
- Gerard Euan Wallace: Idina and Euan's second son known as Gee.
- Charles Gordon: Idina's second husband.
- Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll: Idina's third husband. Married from 1923-1930. Murdered in 1941.
- Diana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll: Idina and Josslyn's only child. A daughter who inherited her the earldom of Erroll and the lordship of Hay, upon her father's death.
- Donald Carmichael Haldeman: Idina's fourth husband who she was married to from 1930-1938.
- William Vincent Soltau: Idina's fifth and final husband who she was married to from 1939-1946.
- Karen Blixen: A part of the Happy Valley Set. She and Idina did not get along well.
- Denys Finch Hatton
- Barbie Lutyens Wallace: Euan Wallace's second wife.
- Lady Avice 'Avie' Sackville: Idina's sister.
- Herbrand 'Buck' Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr: Idina's brother.
- Beryl Markham: Also known as Beryl Purves. A part of the Happy Valley Set.
- Alice de Janzé: American heiress who figures prominently in the murder trial of Josslyn Hay.
- Nancy Mitford: Author who based the character of 'The Bolter' on Idina.
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- Happy Valley
- Kenya
- England
- Connaught Place: In London.
- Paris
- Britain
- Nairobi
- France
- Europe
- Mombasa
- Cairo
- East Africa
- Slains
- Greece
- Scotland
- Cambridge
- Muthaiga
- Rift Valley
- New York
- Eton
- Old Lodge
- Brighton
- Naivasha
- United States
- Oxford
- Windsor
- Frinton
- Clouds
- Koblenz
- Hyde Park
- Eastbourne
- Athens
- Venice
- Wanjohi Valley
- Sahara
- Germany
Organizations edit
Table of Contents edit
The Marriages of Idina Sackville viii
List of Illustrations ix
Claridge's Hotel, Mayfair, 1934 3
BOOK ONE
Edwardian London 5
BOOK TWO
Kenya—Happy Valley 115
Notes 263
Select Bibliography 277
Acknowledgments 281
Index 285
Authors & Contributors edit
- Frances Osborne (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0307270149
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Random House
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0307270149
Page Count: 320
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 942.082092
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