The Improbable Adventures of Miss Emily Soldene: Actress, Writer, and Rebel Victorian

By Helen Batten

Book Overview

From humble beginnings with the threat of the workhouse looming, Emily Soldene rose to become a star of the London stage and a formidable impresario with her own opera company. The darling of theatreland, she later reinvented herself as a journalist and writer who scandalised the country with her outrageous memoir.

Weaving through the grit and glamour of Victorian music halls and theatres, taking encounters with the Pre-Raphaelites and Charles Dickens in her stride, Emily became the toast of New York and ventured far off the beaten track to tour Australia and New Zealand.

Batten paints a vibrant portrait of an almost forgotten star who trod the boards, travelled the globe and tore up the Victorian rule book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0749026677
• ISBN13: 9780749026677
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Allison & Busby
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.7"