"Violet: The Life and Loves of Violet Gordon Woodhouse" by Jessica Douglas-Home, published by The Harvill Press, London, 1996. First Edition.

Dust jacket [a little edge wear and vertical fold on the front flap]; hard boards, black cloth with gold lettering on spine; 6.1/4" x 9.1/2"; 342 pages including Bibliography and Index + 32 plates with monochrome photographs, very good condition.

"Violet was a prodigy and clearly an exceptional talent. If you're interested in music history this book will certainly appeal. The book taught me a great deal about music and it's place in the lives of the Victorians and the English of the first half of the twentieth century." [a review]

"[The book] chronicles Violet's unconventional life against the backdrop of a starched Victorian upbringing and the gradual loosening of censure of the early 20th century. Violet's wealthy background (and her bewitching personality) gave her the liberty to pursue her dreams, studies and lifestyle that would be unavailable to a working-class woman. It also allowed her to be mean, selfish and manipulative and I am amazed that four Victorian men fell and lived under her domination, not to mention countless other friends who fell under her spell..." [a review]

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