Summary of Anne de Courcy's The Viceroy's Daughters

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The Englishman born to rule, George Nathaniel Curzon, epitomized this concept. He was the eldest of four brothers and six sisters, and he was born in 1859. He was passionate about Kedleston, and he sought to improve it.
#2 George’s back pain affected his entire life, and it was reflected in his stiffnecked attitude and prejudices. He was a member of the coterie of aristocratic and intellectual men and women known as the Souls.
#3 Lord Curzon, who was the viceroy of India, was a lover of beautiful women. He was extremely drawn to the feminine qualities of warmth, softness, and decorative serenity. He preferred spending his leisure time with women rather than men, but he treated them as if they were not equal souls worthy of being seriously considered or treated with respect.
#4 Mary Leiter, the daughter of a Cleveland steamship company owner, was introduced to society in Washington, D. C. She was a beautiful, loving, and submissive woman who knew her place. She was exactly what George Curzon wanted in a wife.

Sujets

• Love
• Love (disambiguation)
• Royalty
• Sexualité
• sexualité
• Sexualité

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669373377
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Anne de Courcy's The Viceroy's Daughters
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Englishman born to rule, George Nathaniel Curzon, epitomized this concept. He was the eldest of four brothers and six sisters, and he was born in 1859. He was passionate about Kedleston, and he sought to improve it.

#2

George’s back pain affected his entire life, and it was reflected in his stiff-necked attitude and prejudices. He was a member of the coterie of aristocratic and intellectual men and women known as the Souls.

#3

Lord Curzon, who was the viceroy of India, was a lover of beautiful women. He was extremely drawn to the feminine qualities of warmth, softness, and decorative serenity. He preferred spending his leisure time with women rather than men, but he treated them as if they were not equal souls worthy of being seriously considered or treated with respect.

#4

Mary Leiter, the daughter of a Cleveland steamship company owner, was introduced to society in Washington, D. C. She was a beautiful, loving, and submissive woman who knew her place. She was exactly what George Curzon wanted in a wife.

#5

The couple were married in 1895. Mary was miserable, alone in a foreign country, with little to do. Because her husband’s work kept him away from her, the social round passed her by. Only Mary’s baby, Mary Irene, lightened her misery.

#6

In 1898, Curzon was appointed viceroy of India. He was given the position because he had asked for it, and he was the best available candidate. His triumph was crowned by the award of the peerage considered fitting for the greatness of the office.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

In India, the two little girls led a life with a strict nursery routine. Outside the home, their parents moved through the formalities expected of them. Levees, dances, a Drawing Room, a garden party, and innumerable smaller dinner and luncheon parties were crammed into the three months spent in Calcutta.

#2

Mary was back in India for the Coronation Durbar in Delhi in 1902. She was feted, dining with the king and queen, and enchanting men like the future prime minister, Arthur Balfour. She was back in India for the birth of her third child in 1904.

#3

In September 1904, Mary suffered a miscarriage. In February 1905, she and her family left for India. They were there less than a year. Curzon may have been India’s greatest viceroy, but his imperious attitude had made him enemies.

#4

Curzon was deeply wounded by Mary’s betrayal. He retired to the South of France with Mary and their daughters, and took over the management of I Carlton House Terrace. Mary died in 1906, leaving Curzon heartbroken.
Insights from Chapter 3

#1

Curzon’s wife died, and he spent most of his time at the viceroyalty of Oxford University, as well as the rectorship of Glasgow University. He began hosting house parties at Whitsuntide, with firework displays in the park.

#2

The formality between the sexes was such that friendships between men and married women were a recognized social relationship. The lower classes viewed these friendships with suspicion, but the upper classes did not.

#3

The children were raised by their father, who was very interested in their education. He would often conduct lessons in the schoolroom, and would ask the girls questions about the events he was describing. They never seemed to move beyond William the Conqueror.

#4

Curzon’s eldest daughter, Irene, was already enthralled by the sport that would dominate her life for the next 25 years. She loved riding horses and hunting, and she was awarded the fox’s brush in her first season at the age of 12.
Insights from Chapter 4

#1

Curzon had a very powerful libido, and he loved female company. He had first met Elinor Glyn at a weekend house party in early 1908, and they began dating. She was extremely beautiful, and he admired her physicality.

#2

Elinor was always impeccably dressed, and she had a passion for accessories and beautiful things. She was completely faithful to her husband, but around her hung an aura of sensuality and sexual suggestiveness. She had just written the novel Three Weeks, which had scandalized Edwardian society.

#3

The second important female friendship for Curzon was with Waldorf Astor, son of an American businessman. He had fallen in love with Nancy Shaw, born Nancy Langhorne, from a well-known Virginian family. They began to host parties on a grand scale.

#4

Elinor Glyn was in love with Curzon, and she fell deeply in love with him. She had been unfaithful to Clayton, and she now felt free of obligation toward him. When she went to Dresden in the late summer of 1908 to look for a pension where her older daughter could stay while being finished, she made a detour afterward to Heidelberg, where Curzon met her.

#5

Elinor, the wife of Curzon, was adoring and totally adoring. She was totally adoring of Curzon, and she adored his children. She taught them to paint, and told them endless stories.

#6

The affair between Elinor and Curzon was finally ended when he told her that they should be only tender friends. He was an ambitious man, and he did not want any avoidable weaknesses to stand in the way of his return to high office.
Insights from Chapter 5

#1

The life of Curzon’s daughters was one of routine. They spent their summers at Curzon’s villa in the seaside resort of Broadstairs, where their father would join them for a day or so. In 1911, Curzon was planning to finish his eldest daughter, Irene, by sending her to Dresden.