Frances Osborne

Frances Osborne book reviews

• The Bolter: Idina Sackville, the Woman Who Scandalised 1920's Society and Became White Mischief's Infamous Seductress

  by bronwyn gillett, Aug 18, 2011

  This book is probably of interest only to people like me who are interested in personalities rather than heroics. I do not find one redeeming quality in this woman, and am amazed at how the idea of ... Read More

• Lilla's Feast: A True Story of Food, Love, and War in the Orient

  A Beautiful Book

  by Blanchie, Mar 4, 2010

  This is a page turner, not in the sense that a thriller or murder mystery would be, but in the sense that the reader wants to know what happens next. The plight of the Chinese during the German ... Read More

• The Bolter: Idina Sackville, the Woman Who Scandalised 1920's Society and Became White Mischief's Infamous Seductress

  Good read

  by ritarox, Jun 3, 2010

  I very much enjoyed this "biography" of an unusual woman. Read More