The Countess From Kirribilli Av Joyce Morgan

The Countess From Kirribilli Av Joyce Morgan

She was ''amused, cynical, ironic, loving, gay, ferocious, cold, ardent but never gentle''. She was a whirlwind. She created around her the atmosphere of a Court at which her friends were either in disgrace or favour, a butt or a blessing.Elizabeth von Arnim......
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<p><i>She was ''amused, cynical, ironic, loving, gay, ferocious, cold, ardent but never gentle''. She was a whirlwind. She created around her the atmosphere of a Court at which her friends were either in disgrace or favour, a butt or a blessing.</i><br><br>Elizabeth von Arnim may have been born on the shores of Sydney Harbour, but it was in Victorian London that she discovered society and society discovered her. She made her Court debut before Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace, was pursued by a Prussian count and married into the formal world of the European aristocracy. It was the novels she wrote about that life that turned her into a literary sensation on both sides of the Atlantic and had her likened to Jane Austen.<br><br>Her marriage to the count produced five children but little happiness. Her second marriage to Bertrand Russell''s brother was a disaster. But by then she had captivated the great literary and intellectual circles of London and Europe. She brought into her orbit
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She was 'amused, cynical, ironic, loving, gay, ferocious, cold, ardent but never gentle'. She was a whirlwind. She created around her the atmosphere of a Court at which her friends were either in disgrace or favour, a butt or a blessing.Elizabeth von Arnim may have been born on the shores of Sydney Harbour, but it was in Victorian London that she discovered society and society discovered her. She made her Court debut before Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace, was pursued by a Prussian count and married into the formal world of the European aristocracy. It was the novels she wrote about that life that turned her into a literary sensation on both sides of the Atlantic and had her likened to Jane Austen.Her marriage to the count produced five children but little happiness. Her second marriage to Bertrand Russell's brother was a disaster. But by then she had captivated the great literary and intellectual circles of London and Europe.She brought into her orbit the likes of Nancy Astor, Lady Maud Cunard, her cousin Katherine Mansfield and other writers such as E.M. Forster, Somerset Maugham and H.G. Wells, with whom it was said she had a tempestuous affair.Elizabeth von Arnim was an extraordinary woman who lived during glamorous, exciting and changing times that spanned the innocence of Victorian Sydney and finished with the march of Hitler through Europe. Joyce Morgan brings her to vivid and spellbinding life.

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For alle som er fascinert av sterke kvinneskikkelser og gripende livshistorier, er The Countess From Kirribilli Av Joyce Morgan en uforglemmelig leseopplevelse. Boken er en fengslende biografi om Elizabeth von Arnim, en kvinne som levde et liv i spenning, kjærlighet og motgang.

En koloritt karakter med en bemerkelsesverdig arv

Elizabeth von Arnim var mer enn bare et navn; hun var et humørfylt, ironisk, og ferociously kreativ menneske som satte sitt preg på sin tid. Født i Sydney, men oppvokst i det viktorianske London, forlot hun et varig avtrykk både i litteraturen og i samfunnet. Hun var kjent for sin evne til å samle mennesker rundt seg — enten de var i uakt eller velbeholdte posisjoner i hennes «høye hoff». Nå kan du utforske hennes reise gjennom Joyces enestående fremstilling.

Hovedtrekkene ved "The Countess From Kirribilli"

  • Språklig perfeksjon: Joyce Morgan bringer Elizabeths stemme til liv med nydelige formuleringer som male levende bilder av hennes opplevelser.
  • Fascinerende livshistorie: Oppdag hvordan Elizabeth ble en litterær sensasjon på begge sider av Atlanteren, med sammenligninger til de store som Jane Austen.
  • Glamorøse omgivelser: Ta del i de kulturelle og samfunnsmessige omveltningene fra den viktorianske æra til mellomkrigstiden.
  • Inspirerende nettverk: Les om hennes møter med kjente personligheter som Nancy Astor, Katherine Mansfield, E.M. Forster og mange flere.

Hvorfor du bør lese "The Countess From Kirribilli"

Med sin blanding av dramatikk, kjærlighet, suksess og skuffelser gir denne boken ikke bare et blikk inn i livet til en bemerkelsesverdig kvinne, men også en rik kontekst av endringene som preget Europa. Du vil oppleve en kraftfull fortelling om mot og vedholdenhet som nødvendigvis vil inspirere lesere av alle aldre.

Så, hvorfor vente? Dyk ned i Elizabeth von Arnims verden med The Countess From Kirribilli Av Joyce Morgan, og la deg fortrylle av en historie som vil fenge hjertet ditt og utfordre sinnet!

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