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... Daisy Fellowes in 1931 ( Cecil Beaton photograph , courtesy of Sotheby's Belgravia ) In history I love only anecdotes , and among anecdotes.
... Daisy Fellowes in 1931 ( Cecil Beaton photograph , courtesy of Sotheby's Belgravia ) In history I love only anecdotes , and among anecdotes.
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... Daisy Fellowes ' personality . In a journal long since lost , I re- corded my earliest impressions of her striking , though slightly alarming elegance ; I remember that around her head and shoulders sprang sheaves of smooth black monkey ...
... Daisy Fellowes ' personality . In a journal long since lost , I re- corded my earliest impressions of her striking , though slightly alarming elegance ; I remember that around her head and shoulders sprang sheaves of smooth black monkey ...
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... Fellowes , Daisy ( formerly princess de Broglie ) , 126 , 129–40 , 142–5 , 158 Fellowes , Reginald , 130 , 137 Financial Times , 156 Fitzgerald , Edward , 45 Flaubert , Gustave , 110 Fortuny , Mariano , 79 Fox , Charles James , 160 ...
... Fellowes , Daisy ( formerly princess de Broglie ) , 126 , 129–40 , 142–5 , 158 Fellowes , Reginald , 130 , 137 Financial Times , 156 Fitzgerald , Edward , 45 Flaubert , Gustave , 110 Fortuny , Mariano , 79 Fox , Charles James , 160 ...
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