Malice in Wonderland: My Adventures in the World of Cecil Beaton
Written by Hugo Vickers
Narrated by Hugo Vickers
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In Malice in Wonderland, Vickers shares excerpts from his personal diaries kept during this period. For five years, Vickers traveled the world and talked to some of the most fascinating and important social and cultural figures of the time, including royalty such as the Queen Mother, film stars such as Grace Kelly and Julie Andrews, writers such as Truman Capote, and photographers such as Irving Penn. And not only Beaton's friends-Vickers sought out the enemies too, notably Irene Selznick. He was taken under the wings of Lady Diana Cooper, Clarissa Avon and Diana Vreeland.
Drawn into Beaton's world and accepted by its members, Vickers the emerging biographer also began his own personal adventure. The outsider became the insider-Beaton's friends became his friends. Malice in Wonderland is a fascinating portrait of a now disappeared world, and vividly and sensitively portrays some of its most fascinating characters as we travel with Vickers on his quest.
Hugo Vickers
Hugo Vickers was born in 1951 and educated at Eton and Strasbourg University. His books include Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough; Cecil Beaton; Vivien Leigh; Loving Garbo; Royal Orders; The Private World of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor; and The Kiss, which won the 1996 Stern Silver Pen for Non-fiction. He is an acknowledged expert on the royal family, appears regularly on television, and has lectured all over the world. Hugo Vickers and his family divide their time between London and a manor house in Hampshire.
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