Robert Wainwright
Autore di Sheila: The Australian ingenue who bewitched British society
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Opere di Robert Wainwright
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Wainwright, Robert
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Australia
- Attività lavorative
- journalist
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 11
- Utenti
- 208
- Popolarità
- #106,482
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 11
- ISBN
- 59
But it was a different world when Nellie Melba was forging her international career. Scandal in high society could be disastrous in all sorts of contexts, more so in stuffy turn-of-the-century London than more tolerant Paris. Europe, however, had its own political minefields for a naïve Australian to negotiate when she (imprudently married to a wife-basher called Charles Armstrong) embarked on an affair with a playboy claimant to the French throne.
I have previously read Ann Blainey's authoritative biography of Melba and enjoyed it for its insights into the talent, initiative and determination of this Australian musical icon. But, as you can tell from the blurb, Robert Wainwright's bio has a different emphasis...
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2021/10/16/nellie-the-life-and-loves-of-dame-nellie-mel...… (altro)