The grit in the pearl : the scandalous life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll
Spence, Lyndsy, 1988-2019
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Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (1912-1993) was an international celebrity in her youth, adored and observed by millions. But in 1963, the year of the Profumo Affair, the 11th Duke of Argyll shocked the country when he alleged that his adulterous wife had slept with over 80 men behind his back. He produced, as his evidence, a set of sexually explicit Polaroid photographs and explosive love letters. The duke won a divorce, but this had a dramatic effect on Margaret's life. On the verge of financial destitution, she fell from grace and was abandoned by most of her friends prior to her death in a nursing home in Pimlico in 1993. Lyndsy Spence tells a tragic story of the life and downfall of this fascinatingly complex woman, and shows how she fell victim to a cruel husband, harsh social mores and an unforgiving class.
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Stroud : The History Press, 2019.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780750986991 (hbk)0750986999 (hbk)9780750991063 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
B MAR
LC class:
DA566.9
Language:
English
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BRN:
332949