Enid

Reviews / Votes

My jaw kept dropping as I devoured Robert Wainwright's wonderfully racy biography, full of comedy and tragedy and populated by some of the most dissolute and eccentric aristocrats of the 20th century. -- Ysenda Maxtone Graham * Daily Mail * A gem of a biography. * The Lady * Enid's story is dazzling and uplifting, and she certainly lived up to her code: "Never be afraid, never be jealous, and never complain when you are ill." -- Christopher Silvester * Spears * As social history Sheila Chisholm's life is fascinating... it's undeniably enjoyable to read of all that glitter and gold. -- Selina Hastings * The Spectator on SHEILA * A marvelously entertaining story that at times resembles a glossy television period drama. * Daily Express, on SHEILA * A sensational look at how a country girl became a city socialite... a rip-roaring biography. * Marie Claire, on SHEILA * The charm of Wainwright's biography is that he makes us see what an engaging, admirable and sometimes heroic quality it is to be a life-enhancer like Sheila. -- Jane Shilling * Daily Mail on SHEILA * Sparkling... an eminently readable and lively account of a woman who, in many ways, epitomised the glamour and style of the Jazz Age. * Country Life, on SHEILA * Nothing short of impressive... Wainwright has revived a legend. * The Lady, on SHEILA * A seductively antipodean Auntie Mame. * The Times, on SHEILA *