The Dragon Lady 9781471166204 Sophie is magically transported to

Sophie is magically transported to the desert on a survival adventure where they're impossible to avoid

as one man comes of age

No other dancer of our time has generated the same excitement - both on and off stage

The discovery of the corpse of an eleven-year-old girl sends shockwaves through the community

And on his first day at school he kicks his teacher and calls her Rat Face

The Dragon Lady 9781471166204 Sophie is magically transported toIn a period of civil unrest before the War of Liberation, a wealthy and influential couple leave Britain to make a new life in 1950s Rhodesia. From the glamorous Italian Riviera in the roaring twenties to the Art Deco glory of Eltham Palace in the thirties, from the secluded Scottish Highlands to sultry, segregated Rhodesia in the fifties, The Dragon Lady tells the story of the extraordinary life of Lady Virginia Courtauld, so called for the exotic