Famous last words: a novelClark, Irwin, & Co., 1 nov. 1981 - 396 pages |
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... Elsa Maxwell dressed as a gypsy sitting behind a crystal ball. But the main attraction remained the Windsors themselves. Everyone wanted to see the Duchess, everyone wanted to touch the Duke, everyone wanted to kiss and taste her rings ...
... Elsa Maxwell dressed as a gypsy sitting behind a crystal ball. But the main attraction remained the Windsors themselves. Everyone wanted to see the Duchess, everyone wanted to touch the Duke, everyone wanted to kiss and taste her rings ...
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... Elsa Maxwell, who "popped down" from her suite at the Waldorf in New York more or less on a regular schedule. She had come to be known as the "Waldorf Washerwoman" — always numbering among her many pieces of luggage the six to eight ...
... Elsa Maxwell, who "popped down" from her suite at the Waldorf in New York more or less on a regular schedule. She had come to be known as the "Waldorf Washerwoman" — always numbering among her many pieces of luggage the six to eight ...
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... Elsa Maxwell was and the Windsors, of course, and myself. What I see is perhaps a frieze of ten or a dozen faces — all of them suspended, hung above the plates. I also see the silver knives and candlelight through glass and all the men ...
... Elsa Maxwell was and the Windsors, of course, and myself. What I see is perhaps a frieze of ten or a dozen faces — all of them suspended, hung above the plates. I also see the silver knives and candlelight through glass and all the men ...
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