Sir Robert Hadfield and Lady Bunnie Hadfield

Description

This duo-biography features Sir Robert Hadfield (1858-1940) Ð the renowned Sheffield alloy steelmaker Ð and his American wife, Frances ÔBunnieÕ Wickersham (1862-1949). Their wealthy lifestyle spanned Sheffield, London, the USA, the French Riviera, and Wimereux (near Boulogne), where Bunnie Hadfield organized a private hospital during the First World War. Based upon the authorÕs extensive archival research, this duo-biography portrays two contrasting individuals, whose transatlantic marriage was sometime fraught but survived at a time of great social and economic upheaval.

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