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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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Golden Childhood 1807-1823
- 2 The Débutante 1824
- 3 Lady Ellenborough 1825-1827
- 4 A Dangerous Attraction 1827-1829
- 5 Assignation in Brighton 1829-1830
- 6 A Fatal Notoriety 1830-1831
- 7 Jane and the King 1831–1833
- 8 Ianthe’s Secret 1833–1835
- 9 A Duel for the Baroness 1836–1840
- 10 False Colours 1840–1846
- 11 The Queen’s Rival 1846–1852
- 12 The Road to Damascus 1853
- 13 Arabian Nights 1853–1854
- 14 Honeymoon in Palmyra 1854–1855
- 15 Wife to the Sheikh 1855–1856
- 16 Return to England 1856–1858
- 17 Alone in Palmyra 1858–1859
- 18 The Massacre 1860-1861
- 19 Visitors from England 1862-1863
- 20 The Sitt el Mezrab 1863-1867
- 21 Challenge by Ouadjid 1867-1869
- 22 The Burtons 1870-1871
- 23 Untimely Obituary 1871-1878
- 24 Sunset Years 1878-1881
- 25 Funeral in Damascus 1881
- Appendix Last Will and Testament of the Hon. Jane Digby
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Author’s Note
- Notes
- Praise
- By Mary S. Lovell
- Copyright
- About the Publisher