The magnificent Mrs. Tennant the adventurous life of Gertrude Tennant, Victorian grande-dame /
Waller, David, 1962-
The magnificent Mrs. Tennant the adventurous life of Gertrude Tennant, Victorian grande-dame / David Waller. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (ix, 304 pages, 16. pages of plates) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
How I found Gertrude Tennant -- Born into a long line of heroes -- Early adventures -- Arrival in Paris -- Unsentimental education -- Gertrude meets her future husband -- Gertrude enters society -- The marriage market -- Phantoms of Trouville -- At home with the Flauberts -- An improbable romance -- Portrait of a marriage -- Charles's Angel in the house? -- Births and deaths -- Rita and Emma: two literary heroines -- Les Misérables -- Moving up in the world -- Gertrude's dark night of the soul -- Re-entering the marriage market -- Reunited with an old flame -- En eligible match -- The delicious dolly -- A salon in Whitehall -- Bula Matari in the drawing-room -- Dolly's choices -- Quel bel avenir? -- 'Whom shall I meet in heaven?'
9780300159943
Tennant, Gertrude, 1819-1918.
Tennant, Gertrude, 1819-1918 --Diaries.
Tennant, Gertrude, 1819-1918 --Correspondence.
Socialites--Great Britain--Biography.
Gentry--Great Britain--Biography.
Salons--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Salons--History--France--19th century.
Electronic Books.
DA565 / .M346 2009
The magnificent Mrs. Tennant the adventurous life of Gertrude Tennant, Victorian grande-dame / David Waller. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (ix, 304 pages, 16. pages of plates) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
How I found Gertrude Tennant -- Born into a long line of heroes -- Early adventures -- Arrival in Paris -- Unsentimental education -- Gertrude meets her future husband -- Gertrude enters society -- The marriage market -- Phantoms of Trouville -- At home with the Flauberts -- An improbable romance -- Portrait of a marriage -- Charles's Angel in the house? -- Births and deaths -- Rita and Emma: two literary heroines -- Les Misérables -- Moving up in the world -- Gertrude's dark night of the soul -- Re-entering the marriage market -- Reunited with an old flame -- En eligible match -- The delicious dolly -- A salon in Whitehall -- Bula Matari in the drawing-room -- Dolly's choices -- Quel bel avenir? -- 'Whom shall I meet in heaven?'
9780300159943
Tennant, Gertrude, 1819-1918.
Tennant, Gertrude, 1819-1918 --Diaries.
Tennant, Gertrude, 1819-1918 --Correspondence.
Socialites--Great Britain--Biography.
Gentry--Great Britain--Biography.
Salons--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Salons--History--France--19th century.
Electronic Books.
DA565 / .M346 2009