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''A sparkling biography of a fascinating woman'' - Lynn Barber, Telegraph *****
''Gaudoin''s book is revealing and hugely entertaining. Highly recommended.'' - Daily Mail
''Gaudoin tells these delicious stories with brio'' - Sunday Times
Debutante of the year. Able politician. Femme fatale. Just some of the many labels attached to the irrepressible, controversial Raine Spencer: Countess, socialite and stepmother to Diana, Princess of Wales. But who was the real Raine? What was hidden behind the immaculately manicured public façade and her overwhelmingly negative tabloid image?
From her childhood days as daughter of romantic novelist powerhouse, Barbara Cartland, to Westminster councillor and wife of Earl Spencer, Three Times a Countess recounts Raine''s compelling and glamorous life, revealing her to be a powerful, accomplished woman who, after a tumultu
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An excellent book about a difficult, but life-enhancing woman -- Julian Fellowes
Enthralling -- Nicholas Coleridge
Perceptively examines the life of one of the twentieth century's original "tough, ambitious women" -- Lindy Woodhead
Wonderful. A great friend brought vividly back to life. -- Lady Glenconner
A sparkling biography of a fascinating woman. ***** -- Lynn Barber * Telegraph *
Gaudoin's book is revealing and hugely entertaining. Highly recommended. * Daily Mail, *Royal Books of the Year* *
Delicious * Sunday Times *
This book is a vindication, both of Raine herself and of a type of person - of woman - whom it became uncool to value * TLS *
Gaudoin elegantly depicts the esoteric life of an aristocrat * Observer *
Tina Gaudoin sets out to rehabilitate Raine as a far more nuanced woman, an insouciant, sexy survivor uncredited for her many achievements . . . A colourful life. * The Times *
I lapped up this tale of London seasons, family feuds, politics, big hair and Raine's carpe diem attitude * Gloss *
