Mistress of Mayfair

Men, Money and the Marriage of Doris Delevingne

Biography & Memoir
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Author: Lyndsy Spence ISBN: 9780750969659
Publisher: The History Press Publication: November 7, 2016
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Lyndsy Spence
ISBN: 9780750969659
Publisher: The History Press
Publication: November 7, 2016
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

The plot could have been inspired by Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies, but unlike Waugh's novel—which parodies the era of the "Bright Young Things"—this is a real-life story of scandal, greed, corruption, and promiscuity at the heart of 1920s and '30s high society, focusing on the wily, willful socialite Doris Delevingne and her doomed relationship with the gossip columnist Valentine Browne, Viscount Castlerosse. Marrying each other in pursuit of the finer things in life, their unlikely union was tempestuous from the off, rocked by affairs (with a whole host of society figures, including Cecil Beaton, Diana Mitford, and Winston Churchill, amongst others) on both sides, and degenerated into one of London's bitterest, and most talked about, divorce battles. In this compelling new book, Lyndsy Spence follows the rise and fall of their relationship, exploring their decadent society lives in revelatory detail and offering new insight into some of the mid 20th century's most prominent figures.

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The plot could have been inspired by Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies, but unlike Waugh's novel—which parodies the era of the "Bright Young Things"—this is a real-life story of scandal, greed, corruption, and promiscuity at the heart of 1920s and '30s high society, focusing on the wily, willful socialite Doris Delevingne and her doomed relationship with the gossip columnist Valentine Browne, Viscount Castlerosse. Marrying each other in pursuit of the finer things in life, their unlikely union was tempestuous from the off, rocked by affairs (with a whole host of society figures, including Cecil Beaton, Diana Mitford, and Winston Churchill, amongst others) on both sides, and degenerated into one of London's bitterest, and most talked about, divorce battles. In this compelling new book, Lyndsy Spence follows the rise and fall of their relationship, exploring their decadent society lives in revelatory detail and offering new insight into some of the mid 20th century's most prominent figures.

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