| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xii, 436 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Note |
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2014 by Jonathan Cape." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations -- A Fish-shaped Handbag -- Behind the Rocking Horse -- Russians, Radicals and Roman Catholics -- A Delightful Youth -- Et in Arcadia Ego -- Boys and Girls -- Fiends -- Follies and Fur-lined Wombs -- The Orphan on the Top Floor -- In the City of Dreaming Dons -- Gosh I think She's Swell -- The Pram in the Hall -- Put in a Van -- 'From Catamite to Catamite' -- The Nazi -- Robert's Folly -- Purple dye -- Blood Ties -- Dust and Ashes -- The Bell and the Blue Plaque -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Summary |
"A narrative account of the author's bohemian aristocrat grandparents' unconventional relationship with her grandfather's gay lover examines the period taboos, family secrets and cultural dynamics that shaped their shared lives,"--Novelist |
| Subject |
Berners, Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Baron, 1883-1950.
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Berners, Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Baron, 1883-1950 -- Homes and haunts.
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Composers -- England -- Biography.
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Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Eccentrics and eccentricities -- England -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780062338945 (hardcover) : $35.00 |
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0062338943 (hardcover) |
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9780062338952 (pbk.) |
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0062338951 (pbk.) |
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