Frances Osborne

* 'This is a truly astonishing book. Frances Osborne has not just brought to life a dizzyingly rich and scandalous slice of social history, she has produced a tragic and deeply moving tale as well. It is far more gripping than any novel I have read for ye

Idina Sackville - the Woman who Scandalised 1920s Society and Became White Mischief's Infamous Seductress

The Bolter

One Woman's True Story of Love and War in the Orient

Lilla's Feast

* From the author of the bestselling THE BOLTER - comes a novel set in Victorian London

Park Lane

Lilla Eckford, interned in a Japanese civilian camp in China during the second world war after an extraordinary early life,passed her time by compiling a book about the joys of food.Thisprecious cookery book, now in the possession of the ImperialWarMuseum, inspired Lilla's great-granddaughter, Frances Osborne, to investigate her enthralling story. Lilla's Feast spans the world from China to India and finally to England over a hundred years, and blends together personal history, world events, period atmosphere and family anecdotes into a brilliantly vibrant and poignant story.

Looks at the life of Idina Sackville, a woman descended from one of England's oldest families, who created a variety of scandals throughout her life, including her leaving her husband and children for an adventure in Kenya.

Frances Osborne

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