Daughter of Empire
by Pamela Hicks
2020-08-27 09:46:54
âLady Pamela Hicksâs joyously entertaining new memoir, arguably the poshest book that ever has or will be writtenâ (Newsweek), is a privileged glimpse into the lives and loves of some of the twentieth centuryâs leading figures. Pa...
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âLady Pamela Hicksâs joyously entertaining new memoir, arguably the poshest book that ever has or will be writtenâ (Newsweek), is a privileged glimpse into the lives and loves of some of the twentieth centuryâs leading figures. Pamela Mountbatten entered a remarkable family when she was born in Madrid at the very end of the âRoaring Twenties.â Daughter of the glamorous heiress Edwina Ashley and Lord Louis Mountbatten, Pamela spent much of her early life with her sister, nannies, and servantsânot to mention a menagerie of animals that included, at different times, a honey bear, chameleons, a bush baby, and a mongoose. Her parentsâ vast social circle included royalty, film stars, celebrities, and politicians. Noel Coward invited Pamela to watch him film, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. dropped in for tea. However when war broke out Pamela and her sister were sent to New York to live with Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, while the prime minister appointed her father to be the last Viceroy of India. Amid the turmoil, Pamela came of age, meeting the student leaders who had been released from jail, working in the canteen for Allied forces and in a clinic outside Delhi. She also developed a close bond with Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. âIf you are addicted to Downton Abbey, chances are that you will relish Daughter of Empire, a British aristocratâs memoir of her childhood and coming of ageâ¦She is also a keen observer of a way of life now vanished, except on PBSâ (The Wall Street Journal). âNot many people remain who can tell stories like Lady Pamela Hicksâ (Vanity Fair).
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