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Cast a Diva: The Hidden Life of Maria Callas by LYNDSY SPENCE
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Maria Callas (1923-1977) was the greatest opera diva of all time with a career that remains unmatched by any prima donna. Much of her life was overshadowed by her fiery relationship with Aristotle Onassis, who broke her heart when he left her for Jacqueline Kennedy, and her reputation was marred by lege ...Show more
She Who Dares - Ten Trailblazing Society Women by Lyndsy Spence
$42.99 AUD
Category: Biography
"Oh dear," said Evelyn Waugh of his society friends, "these great ladies." In this book of pen portraits, the reader is introduced to 10 extraordinary women who were society stars in the interwar years, and is offered a fresh perspective on key historical events, such as the abdication, the rise of fasc ...Show more
The Mistress of Mayfair: Men, Money and the Marriage of Doris Delevingne by Lyndsy Spence
$47.99 AUD
Category: Biography
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' - The Mistress of Mayfair is a real-life story of scandal, greed, corruption and promiscuity at the heart of 1920s and '30s high society, focusing on the wily, ...Show more
The Mitford Girls' Guide to Life by Lyndsy Spence
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The six Mitford girls were blessed with beauty, wit and talent, yet they led very distinct, cultural lives and not one sister, except for Diana and Unity, shared the same opinion or ideology. Nancy Mitford was the ultimate tease and her talent for mockery reformed the publishing industry in the 1930s an ...Show more
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