DIANA SHOUHAMI - Mrs Keppel and Her Daughter

Great Britain, Flamingo an Imprint of Harper Collins, 1997. 1st Italian Printing, Binding: Soft Cover, Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0007624093 Paperback Paperback. Alice Keppel and her daughter Violet Trefusis were both, in their ways, legendary lovers. Mrs. Keppel, mistress of Edward VII and great-grandmother to Camila Parker-Bowles, was the acceptable face of adultery. For Violet, romance proved tragic and destructive as her mother used all the force ar her command - charm, determination, money - to repress her love affair with Vita Sackville-West. Illustrated. 338 pp.bookplate inside browning to edges.