Mrs Ronnie: The society hostess who collected kings (National Trust History & Heritage) - Hardcover

Evans, Siān; National Trust Books

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1907892389 ISBN 13: 9781907892387

Publisher: National Trust Books, 2013

Synopsis

Mrs Ronnie Margaret Greville of Polesden Lacey, who styled herself 'Mrs Ronnie', rose from obscure and humble origins to become a fabulously wealthy and ambitious society hostess, travelling the world and acquiring a portfolio of movie stars, monarchs, maharajahs and millionaires. Her long, rich and fascinating life of dark secrets, racy scandal and power-broking intrigue encompassed close relationships with... Full description

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Review:

This really is a beautiful, lavishly illustrated biography revealing that Margaret was born in circumstances that would ordinarily have excluded her from respectable middle-class let alone Royal society --Betty's Books blog

About the Author:

Cultural historian Sian Evans has drawn on her extensive knowledge of historic houses and their archives to explore the largely unrecorded working and personal lives of our ancestors 'in service'. She previously worked for the National Trust, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Design Museum, and is the author of Ghosts: Mysterious Tales from the National Trust and Pattern Design.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Trust Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1907892389
• ISBN 13: 9781907892387
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176