Five Love Affairs and a Friendship: The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age
by Anne de Courcy
ISBN: 9781474617437
Published: 2023-04-27
'Racily enjoyable' Daily Telegraph 'De Courcy brilliantly recreates the heady spirit of Cunard's Paris . . . You feel she really might have been there' Laura Freeman, The Times Dazzlingly beautiful, highly intelligent and an extraordinary force of energy, Nancy Cunard was an icon of the Jazz Age, said to have inspired half the poets and novelists of the twenties. Born into a life of wealth and privilege, yet one in which she barely saw her parents, Nancy rebelled against expectations and pursued a life in the arts. She sought the constant company of artists, writers, poets and painters, first in London's Soho and Mayfair, and then in the glamorous cafes of 1920s Paris. This is the remarkable story of Nancy's Paris life, filled with art, sex and alcohol. She became a muse to Wyndham Lewis, Constantin Brâncusi sculpted her, Man Ray photographed her and she played tennis with Ernest Hemingway. She had many love affairs, the most significant of which are included in this book: the...
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