{"product_id":"9780750993258-the-grit-in-the-pearl","title":"The Grit in the Pearl","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (The shocking true story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn updated paperback edition of Lyndsy Spence's bestselling biography of a socialite whose scandalous divorce shocked the country\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe shocking true story behind \u003cem\u003eA Very British Scandal\u003c\/em\u003e, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany Margaret, Duchess of Argyll’s life was one of complexity and controversy.\u003c\/strong\u003e Born Ethel Margaret Whigham, the only child of a Scottish self-made millionaire and a beautiful high-society woman, her childhood was rich and splendid – but empty. She was a daddy’s girl with an absent father, living with a jealous mother who sought to remind Margaret of her every shortcoming. As she grew up, her name was a byword for class and beauty; she was the debutante of her coming-out year, and her marriage to Charles Sweeny literally stopped traffic. But it was not to last: Margaret needed more. What followed was a story of tragedy, scandal and heartbreak as Margaret swung from lover to lover, society to society. This culminated in her notorious divorce case of 1963, where her soon-to-be-ex-husband produced his pie`ce de résistance: a Polaroid of her in a compromising position with two other men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Grit in the Pearl\u003c\/em\u003e, Lyndsy Spence takes a look at a woman who was ahead of her time. Using previously unpublished sources and personal transcripts, this is the story of a fragile woman who was to come up against the very highest echelons of English high society – and lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943256043617,"sku":"9780750993258","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_30103449.jpg?v=1726732248","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780750993258-the-grit-in-the-pearl","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}