Lady Diana Cooper
Lady Diana Cooper, Viscountess Norwich (29 August 1892 – 16 June 1986) was a prominent social figure in London and Paris, widely acknowledged as the beauty of the century.
The young Diana moved in a celebrated group of intellectuals, most of them killed in World War I. She married one of the only survivors, Duff Cooper, later Ambassador to France. After his death, she wrote three volumes of memoirs which reveal much about 20th-century upper-class life.
Read more about Lady Diana Cooper: Birth and Youth, Career As Actress, Social Figure, Wife of Ambassador, Later Years, Books About or Influenced By Lady Diana, Titles From Birth To Death, Selected Filmography
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