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The Bolter: Idina Sackville - The Woman Who Scandalised 1920s Society and Became White Mischief's Infamous Seductress (Hardcover)

by Frances Osborne (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 310 pages
  • Publisher: Virago Press Ltd; illustrated edition edition (1 May 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844084817
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844084814
  • Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 15.6 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 33,661 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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** 'Passionate and headstrong, Lady Idina was determined to be free even if the cost was scandal and ruin. Frances Osborne has brilliantly captured not only one woman's life but an entire lost society' Amanda Foreman


Marianne Brace, Independent

'Osborne is an imaginative scene painter... Idina wasn't admirable, but Osborne makes us sympathise with her.'
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4.0 out of 5 stars A silly woman, no doubt - but a great read, 23 May 2008
I cannot help thinking that Idina "The Bolter" was not very interesting as a person. Her actions often seem so mindless, ill-thought through or simply horrible - like leaving her two young children behind to run off with some chap. Also, she doesn't really come through as a proper person, the occasional soundbites ("Simply heaven, darling") are hardly the sort of stuff to make her real and complex. But despite all that, I still enjoyed the book very much. It provides a unique insight into an era where people were totally and utterly different from today. Their daring, their irresponsibility, their disregard for their own well-being often leaves one gasping. I think Frances Osborne managed to paint a vivid picture of an era, even though the main character, Idina, remains opaque. And maybe that's not such a bad thing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Bolter, 17 Jul 2009
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A very well written and researched book, delightful to read. Another interesting view of a extraordinary time.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Wasted my time, 4 Nov 2009
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After reaching the halfway point in this book, I finally decided that I neither cared about these shallow, self-serving people, nor was even slightly interested in what they did next. So I stopped.
I enjoyed the references to the landscape in Kenya.
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