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02932aam a22004218i 4500 001 085C2F5031C311EEAB5DEF1F3EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230803010019 008 200124s2020 enka 000 0beng d 020 $a 0750993251 020 $a 9780750993258 035 $a (OCoLC)1144719929 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCL $d NZAUC $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d UIV $d SILO 082 04 $a 941.082092 $2 23 100 1 $a Spence, Lyndsy, $d 1988- $e author. 245 14 $a The grit in the pearl : $b the scandalous life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll / $c Lyndsy Spence. 250 $a Second edition. 264 1 $a Cheltenham : $b The History Press, $c 2020. 300 $a 1 volume : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 20 cm 500 $a Previous edition: 2019. 505 0 $a Careless people -- An English girlhood -- The season -- Fate -- Mrs Sweeny -- Idols of consumption -- War -- The golden age -- Crowning mistake -- The duchess -- Cat and mouse -- Slipstream -- Treachery -- 'Here comes a brand new woman' -- Old foe. 520 $a Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (1912-1993) was an international celebrity in her youth, adored and observed by millions. But in 1963, the year of the Profumo Affair, the 11th Duke of Argyll shocked the country when he alleged that his adulterous wife had slept with over eighty men behind his back. He produced, as his evidence, a set of sexually explicit Polaroid photographs and explosive love letters. The duke won a divorce, but this had a dramatic effect on Margaret's life. On the verge of financial destitution, she fell from grace and was abandoned by most of her friends prior to her death in a nursing home in Pimlico in 1993. Lyndsy Spence tells a tragic story of the life and downfall of this fascinatingly complex woman, and shows how she fell victim to a cruel husband, harsh social mores and an unforgiving class.The Grit in the Pearl is a meticulously researched and powerful biography, which acts as a potent lens on various themes in the last century: fame, privacy, the media, sex, power, and relationships between classes. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 600 00 $a Margaret, $c Duchess of Argyll, $d 1912-1993. 650 0 $a Nobility $z Great Britain $v Biography. 650 0 $a Aristocracy (Social class) $z Great Britain $v Biography. 600 07 $a Margaret, $c Duchess of Argyll, $d 1912-1993. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01898566 650 7 $a Aristocracy (Social class) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00814463 650 7 $a Nobility. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01038255 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 655 7 $a collective biographies. $2 aat 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 rvmgf 941 $a 1 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104021438.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=085C2F5031C311EEAB5DEF1F3EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b UIVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search