Nancy : the story of Lady Astor
Title:
Nancy : the story of Lady Astor
Author:
Fort, Adrian.
ISBN:
9780312599034
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Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : St Martin's Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
xv, 378 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table, ports. ; 25 cm.
General Note:
Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2012.
Contents:
In Dixie -- Silver and lead -- The chase -- Gilded youth -- New adventures -- Into battle -- The power of one -- Centre court -- Downhill -- War on two fronts -- Aftermath.
Abstract:
A portrait of the social activist and first female member of Parliament elected to the House of Commons includes coverage of her American ancestry, her determination to use her influence to introduce American ideas into British politics and her relationships with such figures as Winston Churchill, FDR and J. M. Barrie.
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