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Tangled souls
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- Book Synopsis
- Outrageously handsome, witty and clever, Harry Cust was reputed to be one of the great womanisers of the late Victorian era. In 1893, while a Member of Parliament, he caused public scandal by his affair with artist and poet Nina Welby-Gregory. When she revealed she was pregnant, horror swept through their circle known as 'the Souls', a cultured, mostly aristocratic group of writers, artists and politicians.With the unconventional Margot Tennant and philosopher-statesman Arthur Balfour at their centre, the dazzling Souls eschewed the formalities of upper-class etiquette, valuing conversation and clever games above gambling and racing. Passions also raged behind their courtly code, yet bachelor Harry's seduction of a single woman of the same class broke the rules. For the rest of their lives, Harry and Nina would fight to rebuild their reputations and maintain the marriage they were pressured to enter.In Tangled Souls, acclaimed biographer Jane Dismore tells the tumultuous story of the romance that threatened to tear apart this distinguished group of friends, revealing pre-war society at its most colourful and most conflicted.'Dismore has done a difficult and skilled job in portraying Harry Custas a rounded individual of his time and class with all the qualities and weaknesses in him.' - Guy Storrs, great-grand-nephew of Harry Cust
- About The Author
- JANE DISMORE is a biographer and history writer. Her books include Tangled Souls: Love and Scandal among the Victorian Aristocracy; Princess: The Early Life of Queen Elizabeth II (a source for the ITV and PBS documentary Our Queen at War); and Duchesses: Living in 21st Century Britain, the first book to examine the lives of today's non-royal duchesses. She writes features for a wide range of publications and has appeared on television, radio and in podcasts. Jane is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the Society of Authors, the Biographers' Club and the Biographers International Organisation. A former teacher and practising solicitor, she lives in Hertfordshire.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780750996624
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- The History Press, (17 February 2022)
- Weight
- 652 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 242 x 31 mm
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