Edwina Mountbatten: A Life of Her Own

by Janet Morgan

Book Overview

When Edwina Ashley, god-daughter of Edward VII, came out in 1920 she was the most intriguing and intelligent of the debutantes of her day. When her grandfather, Sir Ernest Cassell, died the following... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684193469
• ISBN13: 9780684193465
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 489 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A Life to admire

This book is detailed and does justice to the full circle of Edwina's life. From her priveleged but lonely childhood, to her youthful frivolous life to her enduring work for St.John's Ambulance Brigade. We see her grow up from a sensitive, good natured child to a wayward young woman to a mature and inspiring lady with a purpose. The author does not attempt to disguise any behaviour and portrays the tempestous relationship between Edwina and Louis Mountbatten very well. I especially had interest in reading how she (the author Janet Morgan) portrayed Edwina's relationship with Jawaharlal Nehru. Needless to say that it is portrayed beautifully in the book. A woman ahead of her times, not content to be just a wife of the brilliant and ambitious Louis Mountbatten, nor happy to be a mother of two lovely daughters, she longed for a trial to blaze on her own. The second world war - tragic and catastrophic though it was to the world - gave her the oppurtunity to funnel her immense energy and charm for a cause - to serve others in the way that she could do best.

Lady Mountbatten

Well written and interesting. I apologize for only these comments without a review, but it's a good read. When I pause to think about about it, the history of that period is clear, the lives were as hard as they were luxurious, these were tough and admirable characters, compassion for the characters grew on this reader.