Never Shaken, Never Stirred. The Story of Ann Fleming and Laura, Duchess of Marlborough.
London: The History Press, 2023. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.272, with a suite of photographic plates. Publisher's hardcovers in dust-jacket priced £22.99. As new. An account of the life of two extraordinary society sisters, who made marrying well an art form. Laura wed U.S. publishing tycoon Michael Canfield (1926-1969), who had divorced Lee Bouvier (sister of Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis). She eventually became the Duchess of Marlborough, upon marrying John Spencer-Churchill. Her sister Ann married Baron O'Neill (1907-1944), then Viscount Rothermere, whom she divorced in 1951 for novelist Ian Fleming. This copy is from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #67748
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