I, Vera : the many lives of Vera Gedroits, a radical princess
Seymour, Miranda2026
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Princess Vera Giedroytz was a towering, sweet-faced lesbian Princess who habitually wore a man's suit, played billiards with brilliance, and regularly performed true medical miracles of surgery, while on occasion forcibly ejecting an inquisitive Rasputin from her operating theatre by throwing him down the stairs.
Main title:
I, Vera : the many lives of Vera Gedroits, a radical princess / Miranda Seymour.
Author:
Seymour, Miranda, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2026.
Collation:
336 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780008650384 (hbk)
Dewey class:
610.92
Language:
English
Subject:
Gedroĭt︠s︡, V. I. (Vera Ignatʹevna), 1870-1932Women surgeons -- Russia -- BiographySurgeons -- Russia -- BiographyPrincesses -- Russia -- BiographyBiographyEastern Europe19th century, c 1800 to c 189920th century, c 1900 to c 1999Biography & non-fiction proseBiography: science, technology & medicine
BRN:
1010168