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Marcel Proust wrote of her, 'I never saw a girl with such beauty, such magnificent intelligence, such goodness and charm.' Berenson considered marrying her, Rodin and Monet befriended her, Boldini painted her and Epstein sculpted her. One of the most beautiful and brilliant women of her time, Gladys Deacon dazzled and puzzled the glittering social circles in which she moved.īorn in Paris to American parents in 1881, Gladys emerged from a traumatic childhood - her father having shot her mother's lover dead when Gladys was only eleven - to captivate and inspire some of the greatest literary and artistic names of the Belle Epoque. 'Hugo Vickers's life of Gladys Marlborough is an extraordinary and tragic story, with special resonance today' EVENING STANDARD 'At the end of the book the reader can only say, "Whew! What a story!"' Anne de Courcy, SPECTATOR 'Richly anecdotal and oddly captivating' Miranda Seymour, FINANCIAL TIMES
'The most extraordinary, rackety life' William Boyd, DAILY TELEGRAPH a really thorough and well-researched biography' Lynda La Plante, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Vickers, with his sharp eye for detail, splendidly captures the drama of Gladys's life and the amazing cast of characters she encountered' WALL STREET JOURNAL jaw-dropping story, brilliantly told' Ysenda Maxtone Graham, THE TIMES 'A continuously astonishing and ultimately moving account of a unique figure, the stuff of great literature' Simon Callow, SUNDAY TIMES 'This biography is truly wonderful - a masterclass in storytelling' ** The Times and Sunday Times Books of the Year 2020**
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