Frances Osborne (1)

"Frances Osborne writes in a warm, sympathetic and engrossing way, evoking in well-chosen detail the razzmatazz of the very rich."Times Literary Supplement "From the opening scene in Claridge's Hotel in the mid-1930's, it is possible to forget that The Bolter is non-fiction, as the heady pace and richness ... (more)of detail propel the reader through each sensational and increasingly tragic phase of Idina's life."Evening Standard Frances Osborne's first book, Lilla's Feast: A True Story of Love, War and a Passion for Food, was listed as a Kiriyama Prize Notable Book and translated into five languages. Frances worked as a barrister and investment research analyst before becoming a full-time writer. She has written for Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Independent and Moneyweek, as well as Sunday Times, The Daily Mail, The Spectator and Vogue.

Tickets £10. "What drives individuals to experiment with dangerous ways of behaving? In the case of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, the subject of Carole Seymour-Jones’s A Dangerous Liaison, it was free-thinking ideals and Left-Bank intellectualism; in the case of Idina Sackville, ... (more)the subject of Frances Osborne’s The Bolter - the inspiration for Nancy Mitford’s character in The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate - it was 1920s high society and Happy Valley mores. They consider the cost of illicit passion and betrayal. Seymour-Jones wrote The Life of Vivienne Eliot. Frances Osborne is a journalist and author."