Author(s): Lovell, Mary S.,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 01/09/1996,
Pagination: 384 pages, (16 page section),
Series: N/A,
Imprint: 4th Estate,
Published By: HarperCollins Publishers,
Book Classification: Biography: historical, political & military
Dimensions: 156 x 128 x 22mm
Weight: 274g
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781857024692

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The biography of Jane Digby, an ‘enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart – and hormones – ruled her head.’ Harpers and Queen

A celebrated aristocratic beauty, Jane Digby married Lord Ellenborough at seventeen. Their divorce a few years later was one of England s most scandalous at that time. In her quest for passionate fulfilment she had lovers which included an Austrian prince, King Ludvig I of Bavaria, and a Greek count whose infidelities drove her to the Orient. In Syria, she found the love of her life, a Bedouin nobleman, Sheikh Medjuel el Mezrab who was twenty years her junior.

Bestselling biographer Mary Lovell has produced from Jane Digby’s diaries not only a sympathetic and dramatic portrait of a rare woman, but a fascinating glimpse into the centuries-old Bedouin tradition that is now almost lost.