 | The Magnificent Mrs Tennant Subjects: Tennant Gertrude 1819-1918; Socialites -- Great Britain -- Biography; Gentry -- Great Britain -- Biography; Salons -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Salons -- France -- History -- 19th century; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th; The discovery of a cache of thousands of letters and dozens of diaries brings to light the untold story of Mrs. Tennant and her glittering social world This book recovers the lost life of Gertrude Tennant, drawing on a treasure trove of recently discovered family papers--thousands of letters, including two dozen original letters from Flaubert to Tennant; dozens of diaries; and many other unpublished documents relating to Stanley and other famous figures of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. David Waller presents Gertrude Tennant's life in colorful detail, placing her not only at the heart of a multigenerational, matriarchal family epic but also at the center of European social, literary, and intellectual life for the best part of a century. David Waller, an author and management consultant, has written two previous books and holds a postgraduate degree in Victorian studies from Birkbeck College, University of London. He lives in London. |
