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More About This Title Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters
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"An enthralling study of an extraordinary woman." —Joanna Lumley"Percipient, sympathetic, amusing . . . Those with an interest in the adventures of British eccentrics during the last decades of the Empire will have their knowledge agreeably enriched: and those who have never heard of Sylvia Brooke are in for a treat." —Michael Holroyd "Juicily entertaining . . . an exceptional life, one to which Eade does rich justice." —Mail on Sunday"Biting biography . . . draws on family archives to tell the full, jawdropping story of a family more than usually mischevious and dysfunctional." —The Times"Eminently readable, with a detective's pertinacity at finding the clues to forgotten secrets and a raconteur's gift for sustaining his narrative interest." —Sunday Telegraph "A thorough, fascinating and rather giddying book . . . most sensational" —Sunday Times"Eade has uncovered a mine of marvellous material and handles it all with consummate wit and style . . . a dazzling debut . . . the perfect summer holiday read" —Country Life"A scrupulous researcher . . . his prose is clear and his style pleasing: he writes with panache." —Daily Telegraph