The first lady of Fleet Street : the life of Rachel Beer : crusading heiress and newspaper pioneer

Negev, Eilat.

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A panoramic portrait of a remarkable woman and the tumultuous Victorian era on which she made her mark, this book chronicles the meteoric rise and tragic fall of Rachel Beer--indomitable heiress, social crusader, and newspaper pioneer. Rich with period detail and drawing on a wealth of original material, this never-before-told story recounts the ascent of two of London's most prominent Jewish immigrant families--the Sassoons and the Beers. Born i...

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ISBN:

9780553807431
0553807439

Edition:

First U.S. edition

Description:

x, 349 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
regular print

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Portraits and personalities
Flight from Baghdad
Opium and further expansion
Their dual identity
Gaining a foothold
Candidly and constantly
Fatherless
A court Jew
A German in London
A girdle round the earth
170 Strand
Five funerals
The marriage market
A newspaper heir
Rien sans peine
A newspaper of her own
46 Fleet Street
A new woman
Rivals
Double burden
All of Paris in a fever
An encounter in London
Hoisting the flag at Pretoria
And the tears in her eyes grew large on their ledge
Breakdown
After the storm
Afterword

LCCN:

2011017498

Control Number:

2647851

Other Authors:

Koren, Yehuda (Writer in English)

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