The Temptress: The Scandalous Life of Alice De Janze and the Mysterious Death of Lord Erroll (24 page)

(1913) in boarding school for four years

(1916) lives with Aunt Tattie in Chicago

(1918) begins to frequent Chicago nightclubs

(1920) lives with Aunt Tattie in Paris

(1920) first job at fashion house in Paris

(1921) meets FJ

(1921) engaged to FJ

(1921) marries FJ

(1921) travels in Morocco

(1922) birth of Nolwen

(1922) own apartment in Paris

(1923) retires to Parfondeval

(1925) trip to Kenya

(1925) purchases a farm in Wanjohi Valley

(1926) meets RT

(1926) second visit to Kenya

(1926) returns to France

(1926) again leaves for Kenya

(1926) again returns to France

(1927) apartment in rue Chalgrin

(1927) divorces FJ in order to marry RT

(1927) RT announces he will not marry her

(1927) purchases revolver

(1927) attempt to kill RT and then herself

(1927) French police press charges against

(1927) imprisoned in Saint-Lazare women’s prison, waiting trial

(1927) Parfondeval convalescence of

(1927) court proceedings for attempted murder

(1927) marriage with FJ annulled

(1928) return to Kenya

(1928) told by immigration official that she must leave Kenya

(1928) return to France

(1931) engaged to be married to RT

(1931) wedding plans

(1932) marries RT

(1932) honeymoon with RT

(1932) legal separation from RT sought by

(1933) return to Kenya

(1937) divorce from RT

(1939) return to France

(1939) return to Kenya via the Congo

(1940) as intelligence gatherer

(1941) informed of JH’s death

(1941) suspect in JH murder

(1941) visits Jock in prison

(1941) witness at HDB trial

(1941) at HDB’s trial

(1941) suicide of

acquaintances distance themselves from

affair with Dickie Pembroke

affair with JH, prolonged over many years

affair with RT

African residences acquired by

aging of

American accent

annulment of marriage to FJ

beauty of

belief in the Great Beyond

biographies of

bronchial attacks

burial place

called “la Négresse” because of supposed African blood

coroner’s inquest

cyclothymia (bipolar disorder) of

as debutante

depression and shifting moods

disregard for family ties

emotional problems of

fashion sense of

“the fastest gun in the Gare du Nord,”

fear of parenthood

fictional depiction of

final words to JH’s body

funeral of

genealogy of family of

goes on safari with FJ and RT

gun ownership of

hair, thick and curly

happy in Wanjohi Valley

hatred for DB

health problems of

hysterectomy of

“if you have…two wishes—they often happen,”

inheritance, in trust

intellectual gifts of

leftist political leanings of

letters to her children

library of

menagerie of African pets

morbid obsessions of

as mother, not comfortable in that role

motive for killing JH

occult beliefs of

passport declaring her “British Subject by Marriage,”

pets, love of, surpassing love for her own children

photographs of, showing her in various moods

pregnancies of

Presbyterian faith of, and belief in heaven

privileged upbringing

reading material, choice of

sexuality of

singing voice

social disapproval of

speaks French, but with American accent

stomach pains suffered by

suicide attempts

suicide notes

summary description of character and life

suspect in the murder of Joss Hay

travels in Europe as girl

verses published in school magazine

virginity of probable, at time of wedding

Janzé, Count François Louis Léon de

Janzé, Count Frédéric de

(1896) birth of

(1921) meets and pursues AJ

(1925) trip to Kenya

(1926) returns to France

(1926) second visit to Kenya

(1927) breakup of marriage

(1933) unexpected death of, in the U.S.

early life and education

fever suffered by

goes on safari with AJ and RT

literary opinions of

remains fascinated by Alice

remarried, to Genevieve Ryan

Tarred with the Same Brush

toleration of AH/JH affair

a traveler and hunter

Vertical Land

Janzé, Genevieve de (née Willinger, formerly Ryan)

Janzé, Count Henri de

Janzé, Moya de (née Hennessy)

Janzé, Nolwen Louise Marie Alice de (later Armand-Delille; Rice; Clark)

birth of

Janzé, Paola de (later Haydon; Ciechanowski)

birth of

Janzé, Solange de

Janzé children (Nolwen and Paola)

AJ’s slight contact with as they grew up

AJ’s visits to

Alice’s letters to, from Kenya

apparent lack of resentment toward AJ for neglect

in Aunt Tattie’s care, after unexpected death of their father FJ

in FJ’s custody

learn of mother’s death from a newspaper headline

left in France with Moya and Tattie

sent to United States during World War Two

stay in Chicago with Aunt Tattie

stay in Parfondeval with grandmother Moya

stay in Paris with Aunt Tattie

used to mother’s absence

Jardin d’Acclimatation (Paris)

jazz

Jimmy (bulldog)

Johnston, Charles,
Mo and Other Originals

Jordan, Mrs.

Judah (lion)

Kaplan, Lazarus

Kaplan and Stratton

Karen (Broughton residence)

Kenmare, Countess Enid

Kenya

British protectorate

colonial society of

English way of life in

farming in

independence movement

land ownership

oath-swearing ceremonies

police force

settlers’ houses, common features of

settlers in

social leaders in

target of Italian expansion

travel to, length of journey

wildlife of

Kenya Broadcasting service

Kenyatta, Jomo

Kiambu

Kikuyu tribe

Kilindini

Kimathi, Dedan

Kinnear, George

Kinuthia, Chief William

Kipipiri

Kishobo (RT’s farm)

Korinthy, Frigyes,
A Journey Round My Skull

Labouchère, Henry

Lariboisière Hospital (Paris)

Le Figaro

League of Nations

Leslie-Melville, Betty

The Giraffe Lady

Leslie-Melville, David

Leslie-Melville, “Jock,”

Leslie-Melville, Mary

Lezard, Julian (“Lizzie”)

girlfriends of

as a lover

spreads the news of JH’s murder

witness at HDB trial

locusts

Long, Edward Caswell (“Boy”)

Long, Genesta (née Heath)

“Lunatic Line” (railway)

Mackenzie, Colin

Macrae, Mr. (a joiner)

maharajah, on safari, who shot a lioness

Maison Lapérouse restaurant (Paris)

malaria

Marie (French maid)

Markham, Lady Gwladys

Mata Hari

Mather, Charlotte

Mather family

Matson, Albert Thomas

Mattocks, Louise (second Mrs. William Silverthorne)

Mau Mau

May, Alice “Aunt Tattie” (née Armour; Mrs. Francis May)

May, Francis

McMillan, Lady Lucie

McMillan, Sir William Northrup

Menzies, Violet Mary (née Trafford)

Methuen, Lord

Mettetal, René

MI6 (British intelligence)

Miles, Sarah

Milo-Viana, Denise de (nanny)