The improbable adventures of Miss Emily Soldene : actress, writer, and rebel Victorian
Batten, Helen2021
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'I rode on the stage in such style, that the men in front forgot I was a girl, and also forgot to laugh.' Emily Soldene's life spanned the entire Victorian era. As both leading lady and a formidable impresario with her own opera company, she was a darling of London's music halls and theatre land, later reinventing herself as a journalist and writer in her fifties. From humble working-class beginnings with the taint of bigamy, a star was born. Charting her international triumphs and calamitous disasters, from taking Broadway by storm, befriending cowboys in the Wild West and touring the Australian outback, Helen Batten vividly recreates the era and a riotous life that has faded from the limelight.
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Author:
Batten, Helen, author
Imprint:
London : Allison & Busby Limited, 2021.
Collation:
320 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780749026578 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
782.42164920 SOL920 SOLD782.421 BATTB SOLB
Language:
English
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BRN:
1911821
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