Word: leyton
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...LIFE Television, has several things in common with its award-winning and much-beloved predecessor. Chief among these are intelligence and taste. The series is as handsomely produced, the Edwardian settings and costumes as lush and authentic, as any devotee of 165 Eaton Place could possibly wish. But Louisa Leyton, the heroine of The Duchess of Duke Street, would never pass muster with Hudson or Mrs. Bridges. She is impertinent, aggressive, and, worst of all, neither keeps her peace nor knows her place...
...happy that Americans enjoy her story, because she adored Americans. Reckoned they were all millionaires." She was wrong, but her eye, as always, rested squarely on the main chance. Rosa would have done very well in the U.S., and, with her hotel booked through next January, so should Louisa Leyton. ? Paul Gray