{"product_id":"2026200016404-secondhand-ottoline-the-life-of-lady-ottoline-morrell","title":"Ottoline: The Life Of Lady Ottoline Morrell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the turbulent heart of early twentieth-century British intellectual life stood one of its most captivating and contradictory figures — Lady Ottoline Morrell, aristocrat, patron of the arts, and magnetic hostess whose drawing rooms at Garsington Manor became the meeting ground for the era's greatest minds. Sandra Jobson Darroch's Ottoline: The Life of Lady Ottoline Morrell chronicles the extraordinary life of this singular woman, tracing her journey from her privileged aristocratic origins through her passionate, unconventional relationships with the titans of Bloomsbury and beyond — among them Bertrand Russell, D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, and Augustus John — painting a vivid portrait of a woman who refused to be confined by the rigid social codes of her class and gender.\n\nDarroch brings meticulous research and a sympathetic yet unflinching eye to her subject, illuminating Ottoline not merely as a colourful peripheral figure but as an indispensable cultural force who shaped and sustained the literary and artistic movements of her time. The biography captures the tensions inherent in Ottoline's life: her yearning for creative expression constrained by the expectations of aristocratic womanhood, and her hunger for intimacy that often invited ridicule from the very artists she championed. Rich in period detail and psychological insight, this is a portrait of an era as much as a woman — one that leaves the reader wondering what hidden histories lie behind every celebrated movement's most generous, and most misunderstood, benefactor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336819712219,"sku":"2026200016404-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2b5b9ba8-bb6e-4d25-a6b4-3a7385628942.png?v=1789958883","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016404-secondhand-ottoline-the-life-of-lady-ottoline-morrell","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}