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Author: Caroline Blackwood ,
James Fox
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Imprint: Vintage Books
Dimensions:
Width: 13.20cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.244kg
ISBN: 9780345802637
ISBN 10: 0345802632
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 02 October 2012
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A sharply observed (and sometimes very funny) portrait of the frivolous world of wealth and luxury inhabited by the Windsors. --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times <br> <br> Beguiling. . . . Blackwood is witty, understated and perceptive. -- The Washington Post <br> <br> The central character in The Last of the Duchess never appears at all but, like Godot in Beckett's play, becomes more powerful by her absence. . . . Brilliant--and brilliantly entertaining--journalism. -- Chicago Tribune <br> <br> A fierce, scintillatingly funny report on a dying social circle. -- The Independent (London)
A sharply observed (and sometimes very funny) portrait of the frivolous world of wealth and luxury inhabited by the Windsors. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Beguiling. . . . Blackwood is witty, understated and perceptive. The Washington Post The central character in The Last of the Duchess never appears at all but, like Godot in Beckett s play, becomes more powerful by her absence. . . . Brilliant and brilliantly entertaining journalism. Chicago Tribune A fierce, scintillatingly funny report on a dying social circle. The Independent (London)
A sharply observed (and sometimes very funny) portrait of the frivolous world of wealth and luxury inhabited by the Windsors. --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Beguiling. . . . Blackwood is witty, understated and perceptive. -- The Washington Post The central character in The Last of the Duchess never appears at all but, like Godot in Beckett's play, becomes more powerful by her absence. . . . Brilliant--and brilliantly entertaining--journalism. -- Chicago Tribune A fierce, scintillatingly funny report on a dying social circle. -- The Independent (London)
Author Information
Caroline Blackwood, who began her writing career as a journalist, is the author of nine books, which include novels, collections of short stories, and a cookbook. She was awarded the David Higham Fiction Prize for her first novel, The Stepdaughter, and her novel Great Granny Webster was recommended for the Booker Prize for Fiction shortlist in 1977. She died in 1996.
