A scandalous life the biography of jane digby

Born in Dorset into the aristocratic Digby family in , the notorious and passionate beauty Lady Jane Digby ended her days in Damascus as the wife of a Bedouin sheikh. The biography of Jane Digby, an 'enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart - and hormones - ruled her head.' Harpers and Queen A celebrated aristocratic beauty, Jane Digby married Lord Ellenborough at seventeen. Their divorce a few years later was one of England s most scandalous at that time. In her quest for passionate fulfilment she had lovers which included an Austrian prince, King Ludvig I of Bavaria, and a Greek count whose infidelities drove her to the Orient. In Syria, she found the love of her life, a Bedouin nobleman, Sheikh Medjuel el Mezrab who was twenty years her junior. Bestselling biographer Mary Lovell has produced from Jane Digby's diaries not only a sympathetic and dramatic portrait of a rare woman, but a fascinating glim

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A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby

January 26,

IT'S FINALLY OVER! This book should be outlawed by the Geneva Convention as a torture device. Geez. Where to begin?

The subject: Jane Digby is presented by the author and by others as a feminist icon - a woman who was sexually free, an adventurer, and open to new experiences and ideas that most women in her age wouldn't even dream of. The problem with that is it's all a complete lie. Yes, Jane Digby had sex. With a lot of men. But here's the pattern of the first 40 years of her life: Find a man that adores her. They have wild passionate romance and sex. They probably have a kid. Their passion (or his passion) dulls. She feels lonely. She finds someone new. They have wild passionate romance and sex. They probably have a kid. Man #1 says "hey, wait a minute!" so she packs up and leaves, happily abandoning her marriage/romance, child, country, religion, name, home, whatever she can think of, to be with man #2. Eventually ma

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A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby El Mezrab

From the acclaimed biographer of The Sisters, the story of one of the most remarkable women of the 19th century, who traveled far and wide on a quest for true love Produced from Jane Digby's diaries, this sympathetic and dramatic portrait of a rare woman explores a fascinating glimpse into the centuries-old Bedouin tradition that is now almost lost. A celebrated aristocratic beauty, Jane Digby married Lord Ellenborough at Their divorce a few years later was one of England's most scandalous at that time. In her quest for passionate fulfillment she had lovers which included an Austrian prince, King Ludwig I of Bavaria, and a Greek count whose infidelities drove her to travel Eastern Asia. In Syria, she found the love of her life, a Bedouin nobleman, Sheikh Medjuel el Mezrab, who was 20 years her junior. During the remainder of her life she adopted for six months of each year the exotic but uniquely harsh existence of a