{"product_id":"the-disinherited-9781408843406","title":"The Disinherited","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn  the small hours of the morning of 3 June 1914, a woman and her husband  were found dead in a sparsely furnished apartment in Paris. It was only  when the identity of the couple was revealed in the English press a  fortnight later that the full story emerged. The man, Henry  Sackville-West, had shot himself minutes after the death of his wife  from cancer; but Henry's suicidal despair had been driven equally by the  failure of his claim to be the legitimate son of Lord Sackville and  heir to Knole. \u003ci\u003eThe Disinherited\u003c\/i\u003e  reveals the secrets and lies at the heart of an English dynasty,  unravelling the parallel lives of Henri's four illegitimate siblings: in  particular his older sister, Victoria, who on becoming Lady Sackville  and mistress of Knole, by marriage, consigned her brothers and sisters  to lives of poverty and disappointment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSackville-West has done his best with this tangled and unedifying tale. He writes elegantly and has been able to draw on Victoria’s diaries and the copious documentation thrown up by her uncle Henry’s court case * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eBrilliantly exposes the shadowy side of the Victorian aristocracy and the horrors of life on the wrong side of the blanket . . . A marvellous book – a gripping story, superbly researched and related with grace and humour in elegant, enjoyable prose. * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003ePoignant * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eHis extraordinary research uncovers a world of shadows lying within inches of his family’s official history, and he enters into it with sympathy and understanding * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eImmaculately written ... A fascinating picture of a forgotten underside of English aristocratic and public life * \u003cb\u003eLucy Lethbridge, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eEntertaining * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eMeticulous * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eA romping read * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTatler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408009306455,"sku":"9781408843406","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408843406.jpg?v=1730501256","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-disinherited-9781408843406","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}