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Pilgrimage: The Life of Elizabeth Bibesco

by Paul Darby

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About the Book
This is the only biography in English of Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco (1897-1945), daughter of Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of England (1908-1916) and his wife Margot. In 1919 Elizabeth married Prince Antoine Bibesco, a Romanian raised in Paris, friend of Proust and ambassador to the U.S. and Spain. Elizabeth was a writer of stories, novels, poetry and plays from 1921-1940.

Caught behind enemy lines in 1940 in Romania she succumbed to pneumonia in 1945 just before the end of the war.
Features & Details
  • Primary Category: Biographies & Memoirs
  • Project Option: 6×9 in, 15×23 cm
    # of Pages: 142
  • Publish Date: Jun 09, 2011
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About the Creator
Bibesco
Paul Darby
Pickering, Ontario, Canada

It has been a labour of love to gather together the fragments of the life of Elizabeth Bibesco. Her only daughter died childless in 2004 so there must be very few remaining on earth who can remember Elizabeth personally. Her writings are being relisted by print-on-demand publishers so there may be a few people out there interested in the literature of the 1920's who may read her books again and wonder about the woman herself. This biography is an introduction to one of "The Legion of the Lost".

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