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‘This lively account of the life of Helen D’Oyly Carte is an extraordinary journey through the arts and business in Victorian and Edwardian Britain, as seen through the eyes of the ‘Queen of the Savoy’. Surfacing the stories of women who have often been rendered invisible is dependent on painstaking research. Elisabeth Kehoe has left no stone unturned in her excavation of the life story of this exceptional woman - an act of tenacity by the author that matches the essence of the subject of this fascinating book.’ - Professor Jo Fox, Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Engagement) and Dean of the School of Advanced Study, University of London

'This lively account of the life of Helen D'Oyly Carte is an extraordinary journey through the arts and business in Victorian and Edwardian Britain, as seen through the eyes of the 'Queen of the Savoy'. Surfacing the stories of women who have often been rendered invisible is dependent on painstaking research. Elisabeth Kehoe has left no stone unturned in her excavation of the life story of this exceptional woman - an act of tenacity by the author that matches the essence of the subject of this fascinating book.' - Professor Jo Fox, Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Engagement) and Dean of the School of Advanced Study, University of London

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Written by the writer and broadcaster Elisabeth Kehoe, Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research and author of the acclaimed biographies of the famous Jerome sisters (including Jennie Churchill, Winston’s American mother), Kitty O’Shea - wrongly blamed for destroying Ireland’s chances of independence in 1890 - and other works on talented and overlooked women of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

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