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How does a Dutch-speaking girl, born in the tiny village of Richmond in the Northern Karoo, receive an education at an exclusive English “academy for young ladies”, become the mistress of a known philandering English nobleman, become acquainted with crowned heads of Europe, marry the same man twice and live as a leading hostess in the elite society of Parktown in Johannesburg?
This biography is drawn from a number of sources, including Jose’s own memoirs of the first twenty-five years of her life, documents and photographs held in the Richmond Horse and Saddle Museum, research by Thelma Gutsche, accounts by her contemporaries, and, most recently, from contact with her present-day descendants.
Her life is lived to the fullest, of recoveries from setbacks to a definitive statement that encapsulates her persona: I am Jose Dale Lace
