Nancy Astor Author:Derek Marlowe Blank back page. — Inside page reads: "She was an American from a small town in Virginia, yet by the time she was 40, she was a worldwide celebrity. She was tough, witty, the first woman ever to sit in an elected seat in England's Parliament, and was married to Waldorf Astor, one of the richest men in the world. Her sister was Irene Dana Gibson, ... more »the famous "Gibson Girl"; one of her closest friends was George Bernard Shaw, and her chief political rival was Winston Churchill, to whom she once said: "Winston, if I was married to you, I'd put poison in your coffee." To which he replied, "Nancy, if I was married to you, I'd drink it." She rode the ill-fated motorcycle with Lawrence of Arabia and calmly insulted Joseph Stalin to his face. Her story, her accomplishments, her life make for one of the most remarkable tales of this century.« less