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

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Emily Soldene, a Victorian actress and impresario, rose from humble beginnings to become a star of the London stage and a scandalous journalist and writer. Batten paints a vivid portrait of her life, traversing the grit and glamour of Victorian music halls and theatres.

Format: Paperback / softback
Publication date: 17 March 2022
Publisher: Allison & Busby

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.

Weight: 310g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780749026677