Flaming Dene - Hardcover

Eilat Negev; Yehuda Koren

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0907633641 ISBN 13: 9780907633648

Publisher: Psychology News Press Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

A 14 year-old Andrew Lloyd Webber chanced upon the painting of the Flaming June. He was a budding collector and his hobby was financed by his grandmother, who had just shelled out 50 pounds for three huge, beautifully-illustrated volumes of Dugdale's History of Ancient Abbies and Monasteries. The boy described in detail the painting he fell in love with, but his grandmother was adamant: 'I will not have Victorian junk in my flat'. This comes near the opening of the real story of Ada Pullen (Dorothy Dene) who became the favourite model of Lord Leighton who was President of the Royal Academy. This book tells the story of Ada's life, success and celebrity - and of the painting itself. Lloyd Webber's grandma was wrong. The current value of the painting is 14 million pounds.

About this title

About the Author:

The authors wrote the 'Giants of Auschwitz', a best seller that was made into a documentary fronted by Warwick Davis. They are respected writers and journalists. Their books also include 'The First Lady of Fleet Street' and 'Lover of Unreason: The Life and Tragic Death of Assia Wevill'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Psychology News Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0907633641
• ISBN 13: 9780907633648
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200