Sunday, July 5, 2009
The Scandalous Idina Sackville: A Review of The Bolter by Frances Osborne
This is a little bit out of time because Idina was really a 'flapper', but she was born during the Edwardian age and she certainly shared some Edwardian traits! I greatly enjoyed this excellent biography. Here is my review: The Bolter
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I am assuming that only a woman who left home could be called a Bolter. A man who left home was just... a man?
Idina Sackville may have led a dashing, exciting life, but she paid a great price for her choices, didn't she? Even convinced suffragettees really didn't enjoy what we would call freedom in life choices.
Idina did pay a great price. Her first husband imposed quite stringent conditions on her when she left, as far as the children were concerned.
I think that she really never got over him and that that explains some of her actions.
She was pretty wild - she would probably be considered scandalous even by today's standards. (Not many women have five husbands!) I think that she was probably quite likeable, however. I have a soft spot for anyone with overflowing bookshelves!
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