Clever and elegant, this dons’ delight (Bowra, Berlin, Cecil) was a niece of Winston Churchill, a friend of Beaton, Berners, Connolly, Waugh, Garbo and Korda. She married the much older Anthony Eden, then foreign secretary and later PM.
Clarissa: Muse to Power, The Untold Story of Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon
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