Mary S. Lovell Livres

*A fascinating 'dual' biography of Richard and Isabel Burton.

Beryl Markham, who died in 1986, was the first person to fly solo from England to America. The full story of her adventures across three continents are revealed in this biography of a lady whose fame as a pioneer flyer and leading racehorse trainer, was only exceeded by her beauty and controversial character.

*The story of one of the most famous of all British families - the Churchills

Chronicles the life of a sixteenth-century impoverished nobleman's daughter who rose to become one of England's most wealthy and powerful women, in an account that describes her four marriages, witness to four monarchies, and building of the great house at Chatsworth. By the author of The Sisters.

THE MITFORD GIRLS tells the true story behind the gaiety and frivolity of the six Mitford daughters - and the facts are as sensational as any novel: Nancy, whose bright social existence masked an obsessional doomed love which soured her success; Pam, a countrywoman married to one of the best brains in Europe; Diana, an iconic beauty, who was already married when at 22 she fell in love with Oswald Moseley, the leader of the British fascists; Unity, who romantically in love with Hitler, became a member of his inner circle before shooting herself in the temple when WWII was declared; Jessica, the family rebel, who declared herself a communist in the schoolroom and the youngest sister, Debo, who became the Duchess of Devonshire.This is an extraordinary story of an extraordinary family, containing much new material, based on exclusive access to Mitford archives.

When she disappeared in 1937 over a shark-infested sea, Amelia Earhart had lived up to her wish - internationally famous, a daring and pioneering aviator, and ambassador extraordinary for the United States. Mary Lovell's biography examines a legend to reveal the pressures and influences that drove Amelia.

An ancient sex manual and work of erotic literature, written in late 15th century A.D. Translated by Sir Richard Burton.

From the acclaimed biographer of The Sisters, the story of one of the most remarkable women of the 19th century, who traveled far and wide on a quest for true love Produced from Jane Digby's diaries, this sympathetic and dramatic portrait of a rare woman explores a fascinating glimpse into the centuries-old Bedouin tradition that is now almost lost. A celebrated aristocratic beauty, Jane Digby married Lord Ellenborough at 17. Their divorce a few years later was one of England's most scandalous at that time. In her quest for passionate fulfillment she had lovers which included an Austrian prince, King Ludwig I of Bavaria, and a Greek count whose infidelities drove her to travel Eastern Asia. In Syria, she found the love of her life, a Bedouin nobleman, Sheikh Medjuel el Mezrab, who was 20 years her junior. During the remainder of her life she adopted for six months of each year the exotic but uniquely harsh existence of a desert nomad living in the famous black goathair tents of Arabia; the remaining months she spent in the splendid palace she built for herself and Medjuel in Damascus. As wife to the Sheikh and mother to his tribe this passionate woman found not only genuine fulfillment but further adventures, all of which she committed each year to her diary.

A portrait of high society in the twentieth century, told through the stories of the guests of Maxine Elliott and Prince Aly Khan at the Château de l'Horizon in Cannes.

"Ich will leben ... Ich will ein wildes, unstetes, abenteuerliches Leben führen ... Ich wünschte, ich wäre ein Mann. Könnte ich das sein, wäre ich Richard Burton; doch da ich eine Frau bin, möchte ich Richard Burtons Frau sein ... Ich würde jetzt, in diesem Augenblick, alles aufgeben und opfern, um seinem Schicksal zu folgen ..." (Isabel Burton, aus einem Brief an ihre Mutter). Aus diesen Zeilen spricht die tiefe, leidenschaftliche Liebe Isabel Arundells zu dem Forschungsreisenden und Orientalisten Richard Burton zuerst durch seine Erfolge im viktorianischen England gefeiert, später aufgrund von Gerüchten und seines unangepassten, rebellischen Verhaltens vom Establishment geächtet. Schon früh wusste Isabel, die aus altem katholischen englischen Adel stammte, dass sie mit dem zehn Jahre älteren Mann ihr Leben verbringen und die Welt bereisen will. Trotz des erbitterten Widerstands ihrer Mutter heiratete die temperamentvolle, starke, unabhängige Frau den skandalumwitterten Abenteurer. Richard und Isabel Burton erkundeten die entlegensten Orte der Erde in Indien, Arabien, Damaskus u. v. m., wo sie teilweise haarsträubende Abenteuer erlebten. Authentisch, einfühlsam und mit gebührendem Respekt hat Mary S. Lovell ein mitreißendes Porträt zweier Leben verfasst.