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Spence Lyndsy - The Grit In The Pearl The Scandalous Life Of Margaret Duchess Of Argyll (The Shocking True Story Behind A Very British Scandal Starring Claire Foy And Paul Bettany) - Paperback
Spence Lyndsy - The Grit In The Pearl The Scandalous Life Of Margaret Duchess Of Argyll (The Shocking True Story Behind A Very British Scandal Starring Claire Foy And Paul Bettany) - Paperback
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Description: The shocking true story behind A Very British Scandal starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany Margaret Duchess of Argyll's life was one of complexity and controversy. Born Ethel Margaret Whigham the only child of a Scottish self - made millionaire and a beautiful high - society woman her childhood was rich and splendid but empty. She was a daddy's girl with an absent father living with a jealous mother who sought to remind Margaret of her every shortcoming. As she grew up her name was a byword for class and beauty; she was the debutante of her coming - out year and her marriage to Charles Sweeny literally stopped traffic. But it was not to last: Margaret needed more. What followed was a story of tragedy scandal and heartbreak as Margaret swung from lover to lover society to society. This culminated in her notorious divorce case of 1963, where her soon - to - be - ex - husband produced his pie`ce de r sistance: a Polaroid of her in a compromising position with two other men. In The Grit in the Pearl Lyndsy Spence takes a look at a woman who was ahead of her time. Using previously unpublished sources and personal transcripts this is the story of a fragile woman who was to come up against the very highest echelons of English high society and lose.
Title: The Grit In The Pearl The Scandalous Life Of Margaret Duchess Of Argyll (The Shocking True Story Behind A Very British Scandal Starring Claire Foy And Paul Bettany)
Author(s): Spence Lyndsy
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Barcode: 9780750993258
Pages: 20 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 6/1/2020
Category: Postwar 20th Century History, From C 1945 To C 2000
Description: The shocking true story behind A Very British Scandal starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany Margaret Duchess of Argyll's life was one of complexity and controversy. Born Ethel Margaret Whigham the only child of a Scottish self - made millionaire and a beautiful high - society woman her childhood was rich and splendid but empty. She was a daddy's girl with an absent father living with a jealous mother who sought to remind Margaret of her every shortcoming. As she grew up her name was a byword for class and beauty; she was the debutante of her coming - out year and her marriage to Charles Sweeny literally stopped traffic. But it was not to last: Margaret needed more. What followed was a story of tragedy scandal and heartbreak as Margaret swung from lover to lover society to society. This culminated in her notorious divorce case of 1963, where her soon - to - be - ex - husband produced his pie`ce de r sistance: a Polaroid of her in a compromising position with two other men. In The Grit in the Pearl Lyndsy Spence takes a look at a woman who was ahead of her time. Using previously unpublished sources and personal transcripts this is the story of a fragile woman who was to come up against the very highest echelons of English high society and lose.
Title: The Grit In The Pearl The Scandalous Life Of Margaret Duchess Of Argyll (The Shocking True Story Behind A Very British Scandal Starring Claire Foy And Paul Bettany)
Author(s): Spence Lyndsy
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Barcode: 9780750993258
Pages: 20 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 6/1/2020
Category: Postwar 20th Century History, From C 1945 To C 2000