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'Sheila wedded earls and barons, befriended literary figures and movie stars, bedded a future king, was feted by London and New York society for forty years and when she died was a Russian princess.
'Vivacious, confident and striking, Sheila Chisholm met her first husband, Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine, a first lieutenant and son of the 5th Earl of Rosslyn, when she went to Egypt during the Great War to nurse her brother. Arriving in London as a young married woman, the world was at her feet - and she enjoyed it immensely. Edward, Prince of Wales, called her 'a divine woman' and his brother, Bertie, the future George VI of England (Queen Elizabeth?s father), was especially close to her. She subsequently became Lady Milbanke and ended her days as Princess Dimitri of Russia. Sheila had torrid love affairs with Rudolph Valentino and Prince Obolensky of Russia and among her friends were Evelyn Waugh, Lord Beaverbrook and Wallis Simpson.
'An extraordinary woman unknown to most Australians, Sheila is a spellbinding story of a unique time and a place and an utterly fascinating life.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Robert Wainwright : Sheila : The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2014;
— Review of Sheila : The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society 2014 single work biography -
Four Dos, Three Husbands, One Life
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 March 2014; (p. 22)
— Review of Sheila : The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society 2014 single work biography -
Hitting it Off with the Toffs
Right Royal Love Story
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 March 2014; (p. 36) The Canberra Times , 1 March 2014; (p. 23) The Age , 1 March 2014; (p. 36)
— Review of Sheila : The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society 2014 single work biography -
How an Aussie Sheila Seduced British King
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 January 2014; (p. 8)
— Review of Sheila : The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society 2014 single work biography
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How an Aussie Sheila Seduced British King
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 January 2014; (p. 8)
— Review of Sheila : The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society 2014 single work biography -
Hitting it Off with the Toffs
Right Royal Love Story
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 March 2014; (p. 36) The Canberra Times , 1 March 2014; (p. 23) The Age , 1 March 2014; (p. 36)
— Review of Sheila : The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society 2014 single work biography -
Four Dos, Three Husbands, One Life
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 March 2014; (p. 22)
— Review of Sheila : The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society 2014 single work biography -
Robert Wainwright : Sheila : The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2014;
— Review of Sheila : The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society 2014 single work biography