372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm
Contents
Machine derived contents note: 1 The Triple Inheritance -- 2 The Second Generation -- 3 Childhood -- 4 The Grand Tour -- 5 Continental Pleasures and Country Pursuits -- 6 The Crucial Years -- 7 'Better than a Dog' -- 8 Gower Street -- 9 Down House -- 10 A Flower in the Dust -- 11 The Wider World -- 12 The Orgin: Conception to Birth -- 13 Into the Limelight -- 14 An Exception to Every Wife -- 15 Silk Gowns and Galantine -- 16 Andante Con Amore -- 17 The Last Summer -- 18 The Legacy
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-361) and index
