Edwina Mountbatten a Life of Her Own

Edwina Mountbatten was one of the world’s richest women when she married Lord Louis Mountbatten in 1922. Notorious for her opulent lifestyle, she traveled the the world, associating with the most prestigious people of her era. At the outbreak of World War II, she dedicated herself to helping England’s wounded and displaced through the Red Cross. Enrichedwith Edwina’s private journals an d letters, this is a sensitive portrait drawn with intelligence and imagination. 16 pages of photographs.