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Queen Bees - Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars - A Spectacle of Celebrity, Talent, and Burning Ambition (Hardcover)
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Queen Bees - Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars - A Spectacle of Celebrity, Talent, and Burning Ambition (Hardcover)
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'SO ENTERTAINING' The Times | 'A FASCINATING ACCOUNT' The Sunday
Times'GLORIOUSLY GOSSIPY' Red Magazine | 'IRRESISTIBLE AND WITTY'
Woman & HomeQueen Bees looks at the lives of six remarkable
women who made careers out of being British society hostesses
between the wars, including Lady Astor, who went on to become the
first female MP, and Mrs Greville, who cultivated relationships
with Edward VII, as well as Lady Londonderry, Lady Cunard, Laura
Corrigan and Lady Colefax. Written with wit, verve and heart, Queen
Bees is the story of a form of societal revolution, and the
extraordinary women who helped it happen.In the aftermath of the
First World War, the previously strict hierarchies of the British
class system were weakened. For a number of ambitious, spirited
women, this was the chance they needed to slip through the cracks
and take their place at the top of society as the great hostesses
of the time. In an age when the place of women was uncertain,
becoming a hostess was not a chore, but a career choice, and though
some of the hostesses' backgrounds were surprisingly humble, their
aspirations were anything but. During the inter-war years these
extraordinary women ruled over London society from their dining
tables and salons - entertaining everyone from the Mosleys to the
Mitfords, from millionaires to maharajahs, from film stars to
royalty - and their influence can still be felt today.
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