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The Baroness

- The Search for Nica the Rebellious Rothschild
Af: Hannah Rothschild Engelsk Paperback

The Baroness

- The Search for Nica the Rebellious Rothschild
Af: Hannah Rothschild Engelsk Paperback
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A Rothschild by birth and a Baroness by marriage, beautiful, spirited Pannonica - known as Nica - seemed to have it all: children, a handsome husband and a trust fund. But in the early 1950s she heard a piece by the jazz legend Thelonious Monk. The music overtook her like a magic spell, and she abandoned her marriage to go and find him.

Arriving in New York, Nica was shunned by society but accepted by the musicians. They gave her friendship; she gave them material and emotional support. Her convertible Bentley was a familiar sight outside the clubs and she drank whisky from a hip flask disguised as a Bible. Her notoriety was sealed when drug-addicted saxophonist Charlie Parker died in her apartment. But her real love was reserved for Monk, whom she cared for until his death in 1982.

The Baroness traces Nica''s extraordinary, thrilling journey - from England''s stately homes to the battlefields of Africa, passing under the shadow of the Holocaust, and finally to the creative ferment of the New York jazz scene. Hannah Rothschild''s search to solve the mystery of her rebellious great aunt draws on their long friendship and years of meticulous research and interviews. It is part musical odyssey, part dazzling love story.

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A Rothschild by birth and a Baroness by marriage, beautiful, spirited Pannonica - known as Nica - seemed to have it all: children, a handsome husband and a trust fund. But in the early 1950s she heard a piece by the jazz legend Thelonious Monk. The music overtook her like a magic spell, and she abandoned her marriage to go and find him.

Arriving in New York, Nica was shunned by society but accepted by the musicians. They gave her friendship; she gave them material and emotional support. Her convertible Bentley was a familiar sight outside the clubs and she drank whisky from a hip flask disguised as a Bible. Her notoriety was sealed when drug-addicted saxophonist Charlie Parker died in her apartment. But her real love was reserved for Monk, whom she cared for until his death in 1982.

The Baroness traces Nica''s extraordinary, thrilling journey - from England''s stately homes to the battlefields of Africa, passing under the shadow of the Holocaust, and finally to the creative ferment of the New York jazz scene. Hannah Rothschild''s search to solve the mystery of her rebellious great aunt draws on their long friendship and years of meticulous research and interviews. It is part musical odyssey, part dazzling love story.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9781844086054
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1844086054
Kategori: Forside
Udg. Dato: 7 mar 2013
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 199mm
Forlag: Little, Brown Book Group
Oplagsdato: 7 mar 2013
Forfatter(e): Hannah Rothschild
Forfatter(e) Hannah Rothschild

Kategori Forside

ISBN-13 9781844086054

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 320

Udgave

Længde 20mm

Bredde 130mm

Højde 199mm

Udg. Dato 7 mar 2013

Oplagsdato 7 mar 2013

Forlag Little, Brown Book Group

Kategori sammenhænge