Magnificent Rebel

Autor*innen

• Anne De Courcy

Parameter

• Biografien
• Historische Romane
• Historisches Thema
• Sachliteratur

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Anne de Courcy explores the controversial life of Nancy Cunard, a legendary beauty and writer, during her thirteen years in Jazz-Age Paris. The 1920s in Paris was a vibrant hub of artistic talent, free from censorship, where life and love flourished. At the center of this cultural explosion was the alluring English socialite Nancy Cunard, heir to a famous shipping fortune. Her romantic entanglements were numerous, but the narrative highlights five significant relationships, including passionate affairs with writers Ezra Pound, Aldous Huxley, Michael Arlen, and Louis Aragon, alongside her romance with jazz pianist Henry Crowder. A lifelong friendship with Irish novelist George Moore, rumored to be her father, also played a crucial role in her life. Despite her wealth, Nancy experienced emotional deprivation, with her mother, Lady Cunard, becoming a prominent London hostess. From a young age, Nancy gravitated towards promiscuity and heavy drinking, favoring the arts over her privileged social sphere. An intelligent poet and founder of a small press that published Samuel Beckett, she was a muse to many and a fierce advocate against racism and fascism. Leaving Paris in 1933, she continued to embrace a daring lifestyle until her death in 1965. This work presents a nuanced portrait of a complex woman against the backdrop of a pivotal decade in the City of Light.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Einband: Hardcover