Full name: The Viceroy's Daughters: The Lives of the Curzon Sisters

Author: Anne de Courcy Year: 2000 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies, History, Non Fiction, Memoirs, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780753812556 075381255X

For many years Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India (1898-1905), controlled all aspects of his daughters' lives. Irene (born 1896), Cynthia (born 1898), and Alexandra (born 1905) eventually revolted against their father's control. Irene had many affairs but never married. Cynthia married the up-and-coming Oswald Mosely, and Alexandra married the Prince of Wales' best friend, Fruity Metcalfe. Throughout the 1920s, the sisters were at the centre of a fast and glittering world. This biography provides insight into their lives, public and private, and gives a different view of German, Italian and British fascism. Based on unpublished letters and diaries, this book provides new revelations about Oswald Mosely, the Cliveden set, Lord Halifax, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Similar books: Mrs. Jordan's Profession by Claire Tomalin The Rockefellers by Peter Collier Five Sisters by James Fox Morgan by Jean Strouse Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter by Diana Souhami The Most Famous Man in America by Debby Applegate Mistress of the Elgin Marbles by Susan Nagel Nightingales by Gillian Gill Harriet Beecher Stowe by Joan D. Hedrick Clarence Darrow by John A. Farrell Christopher Marlowe by Park Honan The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe by Elaine Showalter The Fords by Peter Collier Kissinger by Walter Isaacson Whittaker Chambers by Sam Tanenhaus Call The Midwife by Jennifer Worth Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth Aprons and Silver Spoons by Mollie Moran Tsar by Peter Kurth Pioneer Women by Joanna Stratton