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Queen Bees
Queen Bees: Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars � A Spectacle of Celebrity, Talent, and Burning Ambition | Si�n Evans
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Queen Bees looks at the lives of six remarkable women who made careers out of being society hostesses, including Lady Astor, who went on to become the first female MP, and Mrs Greville, who cultivated relationships with Edward VII, (…more)
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Centique
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For September‘s #TitlesandTunes #dramaqueen My Drama Queens are Queen Bees. And therefore their song is Honey Honey by Abba 😂 Which may be a bit light for a drama filled play list!

Deblovestoread Great choices 2y
Cinfhen FABULOUS 🥰❣️🎶📚 2y
BarbaraBB Yes! Of course! Great pairing! 2y
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WanderingBookaneer
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Yes, please!

Chrissyreadit Just out of curiosity... and checking you and @BookishMarginalia enjoy alcoholic beverages? 6y
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TheBookDream
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Me: It‘s nice out! I want to sit on the porch.
Bees: No.
Me: I‘ll just wait for you to go.
Bees: BZZZZ!!!
Me: 😡
So here‘s my view on this lovely day.

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Verity
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Here's my #startswithQ pick for #maybookflowers I have mentioned this book before but it's worth another mention - if you're interested the inter-war period this talks about six society hostesses in Britain. If you've read other books about the period you may be familiar with the names and it can be a little bit repetitive in patches if you already know some of the background but it's still a very good read.

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TheSloanRanger
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A little repetitive here and there, but I really enjoyed it otherwise! What fascinating women!

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TheSloanRanger
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Holed up in the cafe near work, hiding from the rain on my lunch break ☔

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TheSloanRanger
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Evans might be talking about Nancy Astor becoming the first sitting female MP in Britain in 1919, but the idea that she had to not just be as good but BETTER than her male contemporaries is as true today as it was then.

Hooked_on_books Yup. This seems to be true in any male-dominated situation. It's definitely true in my profession. 8y
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TheSloanRanger
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Getting stuck into Queen Bees and I'm already feeling a thousand times more fabulous. Taking my current lack of direction as a sign that I'm actually destined to live life like the Lady Astors and Mrs Grevilles of the world👌
#thingsineedtoremember

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TheSloanRanger
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I was only supposed to visit the library to use the printers...
(Not pictured: the three Los Angeles and San Francisco travel guides I picked up too!)

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Verity
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A little bigger than I usually read on the train (because I have to haul it around all day) but I really want to read more of this. Love me some interwar history.

shawnmooney Sounds pretty darned interesting! 9y
Verity @shawnmooney it is! The 6 are l Nancy Astor, Sybil Colefax, Emerald Cunard, Laura Corrigan, Mrs Ronnie Greville and Edith Londonderry 9y
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Interwar society queens. What is more up my street than that? (see my Gone With the Windsors obsession) My mum already has her name down for this after me...

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