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Review: The Dragon Lady by Louisa Treger

1 March 2020 By SD Sykes

Author SD Sykes reviews The Dragon Lady, the latest novel by Louisa Treger, and finds it a “beautifully written, absorbing book”. I love novels that find a little-known thread of history, and then pull it out to give us a new and unexpected insight into the past. This is exactly what Louisa Treger has achieved […]

The writer with the snake tattoo

20 February 2020 By Louisa Treger

Sometimes your latest book has a way of getting under your skin, staying with you long after publication – as author Louisa Treger explains. I decided to get a tattoo to commemorate the publication of my second novel, The Dragon Lady, and to celebrate its protagonist, Lady Virginia Courtauld. She was a woman who refused […]

The Dragon Lady by Louisa Treger

20 February 2020 By Editor

A wealthy and influential couple leave Britain to make a new life in 1950s Rhodesia. From the glamorous Italian Riviera in the roaring 20s to the Art Deco glory of Eltham Palace in the 30s, from the secluded Scottish Highlands to sultry, segregated Rhodesia in the 50s, The Dragon Lady tells the story of the […]

The Lodger by Louisa Treger

20 February 2020 By Editor

Dorothy Richardson is existing just above the poverty line, doing secretarial work at a dentist’s office and living in a seedy boarding house in Bloomsbury, when she is invited to spend the weekend with a childhood friend, Jane. Jane has recently married a writer who is on the brink of fame. His name is HG […]

The Dragon Lady by Louisa Treger

13 June 2019 By Editor

Opening with the shooting of Lady Virginia ‘Ginie’ Courtauld in her tranquil garden in 1950s Rhodesia, The Dragon Lady tells Ginie’s extraordinary story, so called for the exotic tattoo snaking up her leg. From the glamorous Italian Riviera before the Great War to the Art Deco glory of Eltham Palace in the thirties, and from the secluded […]

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