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Those wild Wyndhams : three sisters at the heart of power / Claudia Renton. by Renton, Claudia. William Collins : an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014. Call #: 941.081 R422w Subjects Windham family.   Elcho, Mary, 1862-   Adeane, Mrs.   Grey, Pamela, 1871-1928.   Sisters -- England -- Biography.   Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- History -- 19th century.   Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- History -- 20th century.   Upper class women -- England -- History -- 19th century.   Upper class women -- England -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780007544899 (hc.) 0007544898 (hc.) Alternate title:  Wild Wyndhams : three sisters at the heart of power Description:  xx, 492 p., 8 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.), geneal. tables ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-467) and index. Summary:  "Three sisters -- beautiful, cultured and aristocratic, born into immense wealth during the reign of Queen Victoria. Their dramatic lives are here unfolded in a rich historical biography. Mary, Madeline and Pamela -- the three Wyndham sisters -- were painted by John Singer Sargent in 1899. For The Times it was, quite simply, 'the greatest picture of modern times.' These beautiful gentlewomen came to epitomize a vanished world. The languor of their pose reflects the leisured, gilded, existence of the late Victorian aristocracy that was to be dealt a deathblow by the First World War. The lives of these three Wyndham sisters were far more turbulent than their air of calm suggests. Brought up in artistic circles, their childhood was liberal and romantic. Their parents were intimate friends with the Pre-Raphaelites and the girls grew to become leaders of the aesthetic movement. Bowing to convention, they made excellent marriages but found emotional support from others -- Mary with Arthur Balfour and the poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt; Pamela with Liberal statesman and ornithologist Edward Grey. Their liaisons shocked society, while the First World War devastated their way of life. Compelling, humorous and brilliantly illuminating, this book captures them and their age. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 941.081 R422w Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 941.081 R422w Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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