Adventuress Author:Nicholas Coleridge A�delightfully wicked�novel, The Adventuress�follows the rise and rise of Cathy Fox, a modern-day Becky Sharp — No one forgets Cath Fox. From her scorpion tattoo to her other worldly charms, she's a shrewd woman-on-the-make who will not be swayed in her�quest for the top. — From her humble beginnings as a matron's assistant at a top girls' boardin... more »g school, Cath embarks on a journey that will take her from a Portsmouth backstreet to the boardrooms of the global empires. With a cast of footballers, media moguls, lords and dukes, Coleridge charts the rise of a woman who will not be denied, right to the very pinnacle of society?a Royal Wedding.
N. D.�Coleridge has been praised by everyone from Tina Brown to The New Yorker to Graydon Carter for his irresistibly funny and flawless dissection of social mores. Cutting a sweep from the 80s to the present day,�this Vanity Fair for our�age is keenly observed, hilarious, and utterly addictive.« less