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Edward Ball

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Description:Peninsula of Lies is nonfiction mystery, set in a haunting gothic locale and peopled by fascinating ad eccentric characters. Its hero and heroine is Dawn Langley Simmons, a British writer who lived in Charleston, South Carolina, curing the 1960s and became the center of one of the most unusual sexual scandals.Born in England, Dawn began life as a boy named Gordon Langley Hall, the son of servants at Sissinghurst Castle, the estate of Vita Sackville-West. In his twenties he made his way to New York, where he wrote about and befriend great society ladies. A small fortune inherited from Isabel Whitney allowed him to buy and decorate a mansion in Charleston. But Gordon's world changed in 1968 when at The Johns Hopkins Hospital he underwent one of the first sexual reassignment surgeries, scandalizing the Southern community that had welcomed him. Months later Gordon shocked Charleston again. Gordon - now Dawn - married a young black mechanic, soon appeared to be pregnant, and shortly thereafter became the mother of a young girl.National Book Award-winning author Edward Ball has written a detective story that unwraps Dawn's many mysteries. The result is an engrossing marrative of a person who tested every taboo, as well as the confidence of observers in their own eyes.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Peninsula of Lies: A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love. To get started finding Peninsula of Lies: A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 271

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ISBN: 0743235606

Description: Peninsula of Lies is nonfiction mystery, set in a haunting gothic locale and peopled by fascinating ad eccentric characters. Its hero and heroine is Dawn Langley Simmons, a British writer who lived in Charleston, South Carolina, curing the 1960s and became the center of one of the most unusual sexual scandals.Born in England, Dawn began life as a boy named Gordon Langley Hall, the son of servants at Sissinghurst Castle, the estate of Vita Sackville-West. In his twenties he made his way to New York, where he wrote about and befriend great society ladies. A small fortune inherited from Isabel Whitney allowed him to buy and decorate a mansion in Charleston. But Gordon's world changed in 1968 when at The Johns Hopkins Hospital he underwent one of the first sexual reassignment surgeries, scandalizing the Southern community that had welcomed him. Months later Gordon shocked Charleston again. Gordon - now Dawn - married a young black mechanic, soon appeared to be pregnant, and shortly thereafter became the mother of a young girl.National Book Award-winning author Edward Ball has written a detective story that unwraps Dawn's many mysteries. The result is an engrossing marrative of a person who tested every taboo, as well as the confidence of observers in their own eyes.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Peninsula of Lies: A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love. To get started finding Peninsula of Lies: A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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