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Elizabeth, Princess Bibesco (born Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Asquith; 26 February 1897 – 7 April 1945) was an English socialite, actress and writer between 1921 and 1940. She was the daughter of H. H. Asquith , the British Prime Minister, and the writer Margot Asquith , and the wife of Antoine Bibesco , a Romanian prince and diplomat.
Jun 9, 2011 · This is the only biography in English of Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco (1897-1945), daughter of Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of England (1908-1916) and his wife Margot. In 1919 Elizabeth married Prince Antoine Bibesco, a Romanian raised in Paris, friend of Proust and ambassador to the U.S. and Spain. Elizabeth was a writer of stories ...
- Paul Darby
- June 09, 2011
Dec 1, 2023 · The English writer Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) was a well-known figure of her time, both in European high society and amongst artists and writers. She published her short stories in magazines such as The New Statesman and New Republic, and they received praise from now better-remembered modernists such as Rebecca West and Elizabeth Bowen.
Elizabeth, Princess Bibesco was an English socialite, actress and writer between 1921 and 1940. She was the daughter of H. H. Asquith, the British Prime Minister and the writer Margot Asquith, and the wife of Antoine Bibesco, a Romanian prince and diplomat. She drew on her experience in British high society in her work. A final posthumous collection of her stories, poems and aphorisms was ...
Aug 11, 2018 · Princess Bibesco. Princess Bibesco (1897-1945) was a marginal but interesting figure of the modernist period – a rich socialite and writer. She was born in 1897 as Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Asquith, the daughter of Herbert Asquith by his second wife. The family lived in Cavendish Square, but when Asquith became liberal Prime Minister in 1908 ...
May 7, 2023 · Elizabeth Bibesco, circa 1919. Princess Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco (26 February 1897 – 7 April 1945) was an English writer and poet, active between 1921 and 1940.A final posthumous collection of her stories, poems and aphorisms was published under the title Haven in 1951.
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Elizabeth Bibesco was connected (especially in the mind of the media) with Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield, neither of whom treated her well in their letters and diaries, especially after a liaison between Elizabeth and Mansfield's husband, John Middleton Murry. Woolf wrote, "She is pasty and podgy, with the eyes of a currant bun."
