A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby

The biography of Jane Digby, an ‘enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart – and hormones – ruled her head.’ Harpers and Queen

A celebrated aristocratic beauty, Jane Digby married Lord Ellenborough at seventeen. Their divorce a few years later was one of England s most scandalous at that time. In her quest for passionate fulfilment she had lovers which included an Austrian prince, King Ludvig I of Bavaria, and a Greek count whose infidelities drove her to the Orient. In Syria, she found the love of her life, a Bedouin nobleman, Sheikh Medjuel el Mezrab who was twenty years her junior.

Bestselling biographer Mary Lovell has produced from Jane Digby’s diaries not only a sympathetic and dramatic portrait of a rare woman, but a fascinating glimpse into the centuries-old Bedouin tradition that is now almost lost.

Title - A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby

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Author - Mary S. Lovell

ISBN 13 - 9781857024692

Imprint - 4th Estate

Publisher - HarperCollins Publishers

Date Published - 03/06/1996

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 129 x 198 x 22mm

Weight - 280 g

Languages - English