{"product_id":"three-times-a-countess-von-tina-gaudoin","title":"Three Times a Countess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDebutante of the year. Able politician. Femme fatale. Just some of the many labels attached to the irrepressible, controversial Raine Spencer: Countess, socialite and stepmother to Diana, Princess of Wales. But who was the real Raine? What was hidden behind the immaculately manicured public facade and her overwhelmingly negative tabloid image?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom her childhood days as daughter of romantic novelist powerhouse, Barbara Cartland, to Westminster councillor and wife of Earl Spencer, \u003ci\u003eThree Times a Countess\u003c\/i\u003e recounts Raine's compelling and glamorous life, revealing her to be a powerful, accomplished woman who, after a tumultuous relationship, reconciled with Diana to become the Princess's closest confidante and a key witness at the inquest into her death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo her friends, Raine was shrewd, intelligent, witty and loyal; to her enemies, pushy, overly flamboyant and ruthless. From a career spanning local politics to dealing with the fortunes of Althorp; from taking on the Spencer family estate to her final role as a board member at Harrods, Raine's life was, by any standards, a success . Yet she could not sway the powerful media narrative which pitted her as 'the evil stepmother' at every turn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA societal whirl of London Seasons, family feuds, politics, pomp and 'big hair', Gaudoin's vibrant history of the Countess sets the record straight once and for all, drawing insight from those who knew Raine most. \u003ci\u003eThree Times a Countess\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a sophisticated, determined woman whose loyalty knew no bounds and whose cache of secrets would have worried even the most upright of royals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780349134819\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spencer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9780349134819","offer_id":39865912623197,"sku":"9780349134819","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/e6af8eb8-1e9e-4c36-a38d-fdebc597d3a0.jpg?v=1713913685","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/three-times-a-countess-von-tina-gaudoin","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}