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The Queen of Whale Cay

By Kate Summerscale

The Queen of Whale Cay Social Sciences

The Queen of Whale Cay

By Kate Summerscale

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'Jaw-droppingly amazing' DAILY MAIL WINNER OF THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Born in 1900 to a promiscuous American oil heiress and a British army captain, Marion Barbara Carstairs realised very early on that she was not like most girls. Liberated by war work in the First World War, Marion reinvented herself as 'Joe'. She dressed in men's clothes, smoked cigars and cheroots, tattooed her arms and became Britain's most celebrated female speed-boat racer - the 'fastest woman on water'. Yet Joe tired of the limelight in 1934 and retired to the Bahamian island of Whale Cay. There she fashioned her own kingdom, where she threw riotous parties at which Hollywood actresses and British royalty were among the guests. Although her lovers included screen sirens such as Marlene Dietrich, the real love of Joe's life was a small boy-doll named Lord Tod Wadley, to whom she remained devoted throughout her remarkable life. She died, aged 93, in 1993 'A small jewel of a biography' NEW YORKER 'Fascinating, hilarious and deliciously subversive' LITERARY REVIEW 'A biography that sparkles with enthusiastic research and empathetic writing' SUNDAY TIMES 'A wonderful account of a truly extraordinary life' MAIL ON SUNDAY Note: There is a chance the book cover you receive may differ from the cover displayed here
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2012-05-10
Publication Date:
2012-05-10
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1408830515
ISBN13:
9781408830512
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
220 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
195 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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