Last curtsey : the end of the debutantes
MacCarthy, Fiona2006
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Filtered through some of its colourful and eccentric inhabitants, from Lady Caroline Lamb in the 18th-century to Princess Diana in the 20th, this work is a portrait of Britain as both empire and the customs and certainties of the old order came to an end.
Main title:
Last curtsey : the end of the debutantes / Fiona MacCarthy.
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Imprint:
London : Faber, 2006.
Collation:
xii, 305 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Bibliography: p. 270-276.
ISBN:
0571228593
Dewey class:
305.4'89621'0941
Language:
English
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BRN:
201191
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