| Description | The majority of these letters were written to Cynthia before her marriage to Oswald Mosley in 1920. They are written in an affectionate style, and reflect Amelie Troubetzkoy's affection for Cynthia and her sisters, and her fondness for their father George Curzon. They largely concern Cynthia's progress and personal life, but also contain information about Amelie Troubetzkoy's novels and plays, and her health and social life. They include:
/2 written from the Italian lakes, shortly after the outbreak of war in 1914, recording local excitement about the war with Austria and giving details about potential travel and financial difficulties caused by the war
/3 refers to a recent play by Troubetzkoy entitled 'The Fear Market' which has been playing in New York, and offers to send Cynthia some money to enable her to buy tobacco for her friends among the soldiers serving at the front
/4 sympathises with Cynthia's feelings of homesickness while at school in Eastbourne in 1916, and gives an account of the success of her play, 'The Fear Market'. She also mentions sending cigarettes to soldiers in Eastbourne, and her plans for a war benefit [concert]
/5 refers to Cynthia's work at the War Office, and enquires about her reaction to George Curzon's second marriage to Grace Duggan. She also mentions the forthcoming publication of her new novel 'The Ghost Garden', which is to be entitled 'The Elusive Lady' in England, and expresses her sorrow at losing so many English friends in the war. She gives brief details about her domestic life and surroundings
/6 includes a newspaper cutting of a poem by Amelie Troubetzkoy entitled 'The Soldier's Creed', copies of which are to be given to American soldiers departing for France. Troubetzkoy also enquires about Cynthia's family and hopes she will soon come to America
/7 congratulates Cynthia on her engagement and expresses her disappointment that she will not be able to attend the wedding due to illness
/8 is dated 1921 and gives news of her ill health. She explains that she and her husband Pierre are not able to travel to England because of problems with his passport due to the Bolshevik government in Russia
/9 is dated 1923 and expresses Amelie Troubetzkoy's wish to see Cynthia, her husband and their daughter in England. She mentions that a volume of her poetry has been reviewed in English publications, and that a book entitled 'The Sea Woman's Cloak' is to be published in the autumn, and gives news about a play she is hoping to put on. |