A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby - Softcover

Lovell, Mary S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857024699 ISBN 13: 9781857024692

Publisher: Fourth Estate, 1998

Synopsis

The biography of Jane Digby, an ‘enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart – and hormones – ruled her head.’ Harpers and Queen

A celebrated aristocratic beauty, Jane Digby married Lord Ellenborough at seventeen. Their divorce a few years later was one of England s most scandalous at that time. In her quest for passionate fulfilment she had lovers which included an Austrian prince, King Ludvig I of Bavaria, and a Greek count whose infidelities drove her to the Orient. In Syria, she found the love of her life, a Bedouin nobleman, Sheikh Medjuel el Mezrab who was twenty years her junior.

Bestselling biographer Mary Lovell has produced from Jane Digby’s diaries not only a sympathetic and dramatic portrait of a rare woman, but a fascinating glimpse into the centuries-old Bedouin tradition that is now almost lost.

About this title

Review:

‘A rollicking good tale...Lovell has researched widely and gives a rich picture of this remarkable woman’s life.’
Sunday Express

‘Enthralling.’
Harper’s and Queen

‘A compelling narrative... Jane Digby’s sins make a wonderfully good read.’
Sunday Telegraph

‘A sympathetic readable biography.’
Daily Telegraph

About the Author:

Mary Lovell is the author of the bestselling biographies of Beryl Markham, ‘Straight on Til Morning’, and of Amelia Earhart, ‘The Sound of Wings’. She is currently engaged on a dual biography of Richard and Isabel Burton.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1857024699
• ISBN 13: 9781857024692
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384