The Baroness: Rebellious Rothschild

May 22, 2021 Leave a Comment Written by sola rey

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/apr/22/hannah-rothschild-nica-jazz-thelonious-monk-interview

Book Description

Part musical odyssey, part dazzling love story 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 New York’s 1950s jazz scene.

From the Back Cover

Rothschild by birth.

Baroness by marriage.

Rebel by choice.

About the Author

Hannah Rothschild is a freelance director and writer. Her feature documentaries, including the Jazz Baroness, have been shown on the BBC and HBO. She has written newspapers and magazines including Vanity Fair, Vogue, The Independent, The Spectator, Bazaar and House and Gardens. Vice President of the Hay Literary Festival, Trustee of the National Gallery and Waddesdon Manor, this is her first biography.

Thelonious Monk and Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter get into her Bentley.

Book, Classics, Royalty

Baroness, jazz, leisure, Music, Photography, Rothschild, royalty, Travel

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