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Lesley Blanch
Time traveller
Born in London in 1904, she was entranced as
a child by a mysterious Russian, later her lover, who instilled a love of the
exotic.
She became features editor of Vogue, then married the writer Romain Gary who
took her to Bulgaria and the US,
where she wrote a cult book which pioneered a new approach to history writing.
Now 101, she is writing a new volume of memoirs
The Guardian Review pp. 20-21
9.7.2005
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1523505,00.html
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