Bibliograph

The magnificent Mrs. Tennant, the adventurous life of Gertrude Tennant, Victorian grande-dame, David Waller

Type

Label

The magnificent Mrs. Tennant, the adventurous life of Gertrude Tennant, Victorian grande-dame, David Waller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [294]-298) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The magnificent Mrs. Tennant

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

262432380

Responsibility statement

David Waller

Sub title

the adventurous life of Gertrude Tennant, Victorian grande-dame

Table Of Contents

How I found Gertrude Tennant -- Born into a long line of heroes -- Early adventures -- Arrival in Paris -- Unsentimental education -- Gertrude meets her future husband -- Gertrude enters society -- The marriage market -- Phantoms of Trouville -- At home with the Flauberts -- An improbable romance -- Portrait of a marriage -- Charles's Angel in the house? -- Births and deaths -- Rita and Emma: two literary heroines -- Les Misérables -- Moving up in the world -- Gertrude's dark night of the soul -- Re-entering the marriage market -- Reunited with an old flame -- En eligible match -- The delicious dolly -- A salon in Whitehall -- Bula Matari in the drawing-room -- Dolly's choices -- Quel bel avenir? -- 'Whom shall I meet in heaven?'

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