The Bolter

Idina Sackville - the 1920 s style icon and seductress said to have inspired Taylor Swift s The Bolter

By: Frances Osborne

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Paperback | 29 December 2008 | Edition Number 1

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336 Pages

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Idina Sackville - the 1920''s style icon and seductress who ''Taylor Swift fans think "The Bolter" could be inspired by'' Bustle

In 1934 Idina Sackville met the son she had last seen fifteen years earlier when she shocked high society by running off to Africa with a near-penniless man, abandoning him, his brother and their father. So scandalous was Idina''s life - she was said to have had ''lovers without number'' - that it was kept a secret from her great-granddaughter, Frances Osborne. Now Osborne explores her moving tale of betrayal and heartbreak.

''A corker of a subject... probably inspired The Bolter in Nancy Mitford''s The Pursuit of Love... A breakneck-paced, thoroughly diverting story'' THE TIMES

''A tragic and deeply moving tale... far more gripping than any novel I have read for years'' ANTONY BEEVOR

''Frances Osborne has brilliantly captured not only one woman''s life but an entire lost society'' AMANDA FOREMAN

''An enthralling account of a dazzling, troubled life'' JULIAN FELLOWES

Industry Reviews

Truly interesting. Osborne paints an enthralling portrait of upper class English life just before, during and immediately after the Great War. Frivolous, rich, sexy, achingly fashionable... Frances Osborne has probably made her peace at last. - Robert McCrum, OBSERVER

Osborne is a graceful writer, excellent at evoking the atmosphere of London during the First World War and Happy Valley in the Twenties. Her judgement is pitch-perfect, never letting Idina off the hook but at the same time sympathetic towards her, and she skilfully captures the myriad twists and turns of a turbulent life. - Christopher Silvester, DAILY EXPRESS

Frances Osborne has produced a racy romp underpinned by some impressive research. She understands the period and the world she describes. - Selina Hastings, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

Osborne is an imaginative scene painter... Idina wasn t admirable, but Osborne makes us sympathise with her. - Marianne Brace, INDEPENDENT

An engaging book and a definitive final look back at those naughty people who, between the wars, took their bad behaviour off to Kenya and whose upper-class delinquency became gilded with unjustified glamour. - Alexandra Fuller, FINANCIAL TIMES

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