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And I'd Do It Again by Aimée Crocker (2018, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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PublisherHead of Zeus

ISBN-101784979864

ISBN-139781784979867

eBay Product ID (ePID)239719154

Product Key Features

Book TitleAnd I'd Do It Again

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicWomen, General, Historical

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorAimée Crocker

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight8 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5.1 in

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Reviews"Crocker has a certain forthright energy and arrogance: reading her chronicle of ripping yarns is like being repeatedly offered strong cocktails by someone determined you shan't go home. And she has mixed them herself... I was so exhausted by the end that I collapsed into the new Joanna Trollope, reflecting that what we women consider an adventure these days is pretty damn tame'" --Libby Purves, TLS "A fascinating read and one that you won't want to put down" -- History Revealed, "Crocker has a certain forthright energy and arrogance: reading her chronicle of ripping yarns is like being repeatedly offered strong cocktails by someone determined you shan't go home. And she has mixed them herself . . . I was so exhausted by the end that I collapsed into the new Joanna Trollope, reflecting that what we women consider an adventure these days is pretty damn tame." -- TLS, 'Crocker has a certain forthright energy and arrogance: reading her chronicle of ripping yarns is like being repeatedly offered strong cocktails by someone determined you shan't go home. And she has mixed them herself ... I was so exhausted by the end that I collapsed into the new Joanna Trollope, reflecting that what we women consider an adventure these days is pretty damn tame' TLS .

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal973.9092

SynopsisWith the world at her feet and Californian railroad fortunes in her purse, Aimée had a tale or two to tell. Here, she boldly delivers her hilarious memoirs of escaping headhunters in Borneo, avoiding poisoning in Hong Kong and outwitting murder in Shanghai. Not remotely cowered by her skirmishes with sin, shame or vice , Aimée celebrates her quintet of unfortunate husbands including a Russian prince almost forty years her junior and King Kalakaua of Hawaii, emboldened by her forcefulness to hold sway over the faint of heart. Aimée was a woman of means, not always a lady and never what you might call 'proper'. In this laugh-out-loud story of her life, she recounts her adventures with flair, invincibility and unapologetic gusto., Aim e Crocker was an heiress to gold and railroad fortunes and a daughter of Judge Edwin B. Crocker (1818-1875), legal counsel for the Central Pacific Railroad, Justice of the California Supreme Court in 1865 and founder of the Crocker Art Museum. Her father was a brother of Charles Crocker, one of the "big four" California railroad barons. Aim e had a tale or two to tell. Aside from lavish parties, husbands, and lovers, she traveled widely throughout Asia. She tells of escaping headhunters in Borneo, poisoning in Hong Kong, and avoiding murder by servants in Shanghai. While away, she was christened Princess Palaikalani Bliss of Heaven by King David Kalakaua, the last king of Hawaii, and then Princess Galitzine when she wed her fifth and final husband, Prince Mstislav Galitzine. This is her autobiography, first published in 1936., Moonlit seances in Honolulu. Exotic cobra dances. Drinking games with Oscar Wilde. This is the unabashed autobiography of Victorian world traveller Aimée Crocker.

LC Classification NumberCT275.C8874