Albina du Boisrouvray: the French countess who traded Cannes for the sewers of Bogota

‘Albina is no saint. No saint could possibly accomplish as much.’ The heiress to a South American tin fortune, Albina du Boisrouvray called Thatcher a friend and rubbed shoulders with Jackie Kennedy before liquidating millions to help the world's poorest following the death of her son. Her life reads like a novel – but what more is there to the story?