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Fascinating, elegant and wildly unconventional, Edwina was a countess of contrasts: a multi-millionairess who professed socialism and a republican who became Vicereine of India. She was adored by many, scandalising society by her affairs and later by her historic relationship with Nehru, first Prime Minister of India. Then suddenly, dramatically, Edwina abandoned her glittering lifestyle. Transforming herself into a latter-day Florence Nightingale, she astonished the world by her dedication to the relief of World War Two refugees. Her passionate concern for the underprivileged led her to travel ceaselessly throughout India and the Far East caring for the poor, until she drove herself to a tragically premature death in 1960.
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Edwina Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Richard Alexander Hough
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- Année de publication
- 1985
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- Bon
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- Titre
- Edwina Countess Mountbatten of Burma
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Richard Alexander Hough
- Éditeur
- Sphere Books Limited
- Publié
- 1985
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 241
- ISBN10
- 0722148542
- ISBN13
- 9780722148549
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Thème historique, Biographies, Littérature britannique
- Description
- Fascinating, elegant and wildly unconventional, Edwina was a countess of contrasts: a multi-millionairess who professed socialism and a republican who became Vicereine of India. She was adored by many, scandalising society by her affairs and later by her historic relationship with Nehru, first Prime Minister of India. Then suddenly, dramatically, Edwina abandoned her glittering lifestyle. Transforming herself into a latter-day Florence Nightingale, she astonished the world by her dedication to the relief of World War Two refugees. Her passionate concern for the underprivileged led her to travel ceaselessly throughout India and the Far East caring for the poor, until she drove herself to a tragically premature death in 1960.