Ettie: The Intimate Life and Dauntless Spirit of Lady Desborough, by Richard Davenport-Hines
There was something not quite right about Lady Desborough. Richard Davenport-Hines, in this intelligent and well-written book, extols her charm, her wit, her courage, her vitality, her infinite capacity to convince any man that he was uniquely talented and the only person with whom she was concerned.
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