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Hace 18 horas · Anne Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon ( née Spencer-Churchill; 28 June 1920 – 15 November 2021) was an English memoirist and the second wife of Anthony Eden, who served as British prime minister from 1955 to 1957. She married Eden in 1952, becoming Lady Eden in 1954 when he was made a Knight of the Garter, before becoming Countess of Avon in ...
- 15 November 2021 (aged 101), London, England
- Former spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (1955–1957)
- Anne Clarissa Spencer-Churchill, 28 June 1920, Kensington, London, England
Hace 1 día · Two frenetic novellas #ABookADayInMay – Days 15+16. StuckinaBook All May 16, 2024 1960s, 1968, 1990s, 1991, ACOB2024, Nooteboom, Tonks, translation 0 Comment. The past couple of days, I’ve read two quite strange novellas. I don’t think they have anything in common except strangeness, so let’s dive in. The Following Story (1991) by Cees ...
Hace 4 días · It is difficult to reconcile her own physical frailty with her determination to condemn others to death, but Weir does succeed in conveying Mary’s absolute convictions into explaining her actions. Mary uses her clothes and jewels as symbols of her position and attempts to communicate her feelings to others, but she often sees herself as drab and unimpressive alongside her stylish younger sister.
Hace 3 días · A polyamorous arrangement kept the three living together for years until Georgiana's death in 1806. Bess kept a lock of the late duchess‘s hair around her neck until the day she died in 1824.
Hace 1 día · Book blogging was easier, somehow, when I just wrote up every book I read as soon as I finished it. I was so much busier in other respects when I adopted that habit: looking back, I have now idea how I found the time for it.
Hace 5 días · Il primo romanzo di Nancy Mitford, in parte autobiografico, nel quale l'autrice ci offre un ritratto irriverente dei vizi e delle virtù della nobiltà inglese nella prima metà del nostro secolo: al centro della narrazione si trova la famiglia dei Radlett, signori di campagna dai gusti un po' eccentrici, presso...
Hace 5 días · May 12, 2024 WOL. Nancy Neveloff Dubler, a medical ethicist who pioneered using mediation at hospital bedsides to navigate the complex dynamics among headstrong doctors, anguished family members and patients in their last days, died on April 14 at her home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. She was 82. The cause was heart and lung disease ...
