Nancy Astor: The Lady From Virginia
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the gilded corridors of Edwardian England, a sharp-witted Southern belle from Virginia transforms herself into one of the most formidable political figures Britain has ever seen — Nancy Astor: The Lady from Virginia chronicles the extraordinary rise of Nancy Astor, the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons, through the lens of a richly imagined novel. Derek Marlowe reconstructs her turbulent journey from the tobacco-scented drawing rooms of the American South to the grandeur of Cliveden, weaving together ambition, marriage, political warfare, and personal reinvention against the sweeping backdrop of early twentieth-century transatlantic society. The novel captures the fierce contradictions of a woman who was simultaneously adored and despised — a Virginian outsider who conquered the British establishment on her own unyielding terms. Marlowe, celebrated for his elegant and psychologically astute prose, presents Nancy not merely as a historical monument but as a fully realised human being — passionate, combative, and achingly complex. The narrative brilliantly illustrates the tensions between Old World aristocracy and New World audacity, between public triumph and private sorrow, anchoring grand historical events in deeply personal drama. Readers who believe they know the legend of Lady Astor will find that Marlowe's novel reveals a far more compelling — and far more dangerous — woman beneath the myth.
Author: Derek Marlowe
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the gilded corridors of Edwardian England, a sharp-witted Southern belle from Virginia transforms herself into one of the most formidable political figures Britain has ever seen — Nancy Astor: The Lady from Virginia chronicles the extraordinary rise of Nancy Astor, the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons, through the lens of a richly imagined novel. Derek Marlowe reconstructs her turbulent journey from the tobacco-scented drawing rooms of the American South to the grandeur of Cliveden, weaving together ambition, marriage, political warfare, and personal reinvention against the sweeping backdrop of early twentieth-century transatlantic society. The novel captures the fierce contradictions of a woman who was simultaneously adored and despised — a Virginian outsider who conquered the British establishment on her own unyielding terms. Marlowe, celebrated for his elegant and psychologically astute prose, presents Nancy not merely as a historical monument but as a fully realised human being — passionate, combative, and achingly complex. The narrative brilliantly illustrates the tensions between Old World aristocracy and New World audacity, between public triumph and private sorrow, anchoring grand historical events in deeply personal drama. Readers who believe they know the legend of Lady Astor will find that Marlowe's novel reveals a far more compelling — and far more dangerous — woman beneath the myth.