Souhami, Diana. Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. Flamingo.
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Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
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Residence | Violet Trefusis | Also by the time of the trip to Ceylon, Mrs Keppel
arranged the family's move to 16 Grosvenor Street, London. Souhami, Diana. Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. Flamingo. 96-7 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Violet Trefusis | In Don't Look Round, she remembers that the idea of matrimony crept insidiously into our conversation, because Osbert felt a schoolboy adulation Souhami, Diana. Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. Flamingo. 118 |
Cultural formation | Violet Trefusis | Alice Keppel
strongly disapproved of the relationship between Violet and Vita
for many reasons, including the threat posed by the growing scandal over it to Sonia Keppel
's upcoming marriage into a staunchly conservative English family. Souhami, Diana. Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. Flamingo. 167-8 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Violet Trefusis | In March 1919 VT
gave in to her mother
's wishes and agreed to marry Denys Trefusis
, a Major in the Royal Horse Guards
serving in Belgium, whom Violet met when he returned... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Violet Trefusis | Because the Princesse
was wealthy, well-connected, and discreet, Alice Keppel
had no objection to this affair. Souhami, Diana. Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. Flamingo. 230 |
Travel | Violet Trefusis | For Christmas 1923, the Princesse de Polignac
took VT
on a luxury cruise up the Nile; their group included Denys Trefusis
and George
and Alice Keppel
, all of whom were aware of and... |
Leisure and Society | Violet Trefusis | Over three hundred guests attended the coming-out ball of Violet Keppel (later VT
) at 16 Grosvenor Street, which her mother, Alice Keppel
, coordinated with military precision. Souhami, Diana. Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. Flamingo. 107 |
Travel | Violet Trefusis | Alice Keppel
purchased in 1924 a villa overlooking Florence, named Ombrellino. It had once been Galileo
's home; contemporary neighbours included Mabel Dodge
and Harold Acton
. By 1934 Ombrellino had become VT
's... |
Friends, Associates | Violet Trefusis | Violet Keppel (later VT
) became acquainted, initially through her mother
's connections, with Diaghilev
, Nijinsky
, and Russian prima ballerina Tamara Karsavina
, as well as authors George Moore
and Hugh Walpole
. Jullian, Philippe et al. Violet Trefusis: Life and Letters. Hamish Hamilton. 32-3 |
Leisure and Society | Violet Trefusis | VT
, like Alice Keppel
, spent part of the war at endless parties, Souhami, Diana. Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. Flamingo. 281 |
Travel | Violet Trefusis | VT
travelled through Africa, Europe, and North and South America with her the Princesse de Polignac
, husband
, andparents
. Souhami, Diana. Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. Flamingo. 232, 239 Jullian, Philippe et al. Violet Trefusis: Life and Letters. Hamish Hamilton. 70 |
death | Violet Trefusis | She died in her mother
's bed. In keeping with her request, her ashes were scattered over her mother's grave in Florence, and at her own home, St Loup. Souhami, Diana. Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. Flamingo. 306 |
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