QUEENS OF SOCIETY: Six Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars

In an age when the place of women was uncertain, becoming a hostess was not a chore, but a career choice, and these six women presided over London from their dining tables and salons--charming, scheming, and mingling their way from two world wars all the way to an upheaval in class structures that would bring their world to its knees. Illustrated, some in color.