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Bowen, Marjorie The Scandal of Sophie Dawes,
London John Lane 1934 First British Edition Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket Illustrated by Frontispiece
Navy cloth covered boards with red titles front and spine are faded around the edges and on the spine, some water spotting on front board, cocked. Previous owner's name on front end paper ; A tight solid book, good quality paper with the striations of laid paper. Text unmarked ; 312 pages; Sophie Dawes, born in 1792, the daughter of an oyster catcher on the Isle of Wight went out on her own to seek her fortune after his death. .. from chambermaid to milliner's clerk to selling oranges in Covent Garden to actress to concubine to harlot in a Piccadilly brothel. She became mistress to the Duc de Bourbon, the 52 year old son of the Prince de Conde. When Napoleon was defeated, he returned to France, taking Sophie with him. Because of her low birth he could not acknowledge her. After the death of the elder Prince, she was brought to the estate and married off to an officer of the guard. To her delight, she was able to live in the lap of luxury and travel around to the various Bourbon estates as Madame de Foucheres. When the Prince threatened to cut her out of his will, she arranged to have him killed making it look like suicide. The courts ruled in her favour, saving her from the guillotine but she had to leave her beloved France. She died in England in1840. Bibliography and index at back of book
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