A review by odearrr
The Queen of Whale Cay by Kate Somerscale

5.0

Holy crap! If you have not read this book, you have no idea what you are missing out on. It is fantastic and absolutely insane. I guarantee that you will never read a biography like it. I mean the woman owned an island where she declared herself queen, raced speedboats and was lovers with Marlene Dietrich and Oscar Wilde's niece and the whole time she was in love with this weird leather faced doll she referred to as Lord Todd Wadley. You will be talking about it for at least a week and gawking at the photos of that weird doll for even longer.

Update: And I agree it is not the best-written book but it is a book you will honestly remember your whole life, so who cares!