Five Love Affairs and a Friendship: The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age 5 - The End (Pages 274 - end)

 

RATING: GOOD

Nancy travels to New York with Henry, and they stay in Harlem as he knows he can't show himself with a white woman anywhere else. 

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The next chapter starts with Nancy attending the opening of the London nightclub, The Gargoyle. The Gargoyle Club was a private club on the upper floors of 69 Dean Street, Soho, London, at the corner with Meard Street. It was founded on 16 January 1925 by the aristocratic socialite David Tennant, son of the First Baron Glenconner. 

Five Love Affairs and a Friendship: The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age 3 (Pages 88 - 154)

 

The book mentions a group that was named Bright Young People. The Bright Young Things, or Bright Young People, was a group of bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in London during the 1920s. The name was given to them by the tabloid press. They threw flamboyant fancy dress parties, went on elaborate treasure hunts through nighttime London, and some drank heavily or used illicit drugs.

Five Love Affairs and a Friendship: The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age 2 (Pages 56 - 88)

 In 1920 Nancy decided to move to France. One of the love affairs the author includes in the title is the one with Michael Arlen. Michael Arlen (born Dikran Sarkis Kouyoumdjian, 16 November 1895 – 23 June 1956) was an essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and scriptwriter. Arlen spent some time in France with Nancy Cunard in 1920, although she was married to someone else at the time.

New Book - Five Love Affairs and a Friendship: The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age by Anne de Courcy (Pages 1 - 56)

 

First Published: April 28, 2022

This book is about the life of Nancy Cunard, who I have to say I had never heard of before. Nancy Clara Cunard was a British writer, heiress and political activist. She was born into the British upper class, and devoted much of her life to fighting racism and fascism. 

The Husband Hunters 8 - The End (Pages 263 - end)

 Chapter 15 is about two sisters Tennie and Victoria Chaflin.

The Husband Hunters 7 (Pages 211 - 263)

 The next chapter in the book is called 'Maud'.

The Husband Hunters 6 (Pages 178 - 211)

 In the next chapter the woman in focus is Anna Gould, a heiress whose father's dealings were shady and harm the family's reputation. 

The Husband Hunters 5 (Pages 129 - 178)

 The chapter about Alva Vanderbilt tell us about the complicated relationship with her husband, who had affairs with other women on his yacht.

The Husband Hunters 4 (Pages 79 - 129)

 Chapter 6 is about Marietta Reed, who married Paran Stevens. 

The Husband Hunters 3 (Pages 38 - 79)

 The book focuses on Adele Grant in the second chapter, an American heiress.

The Husband Hunters2 (Pages 18 . 38)

 The next chapter is about Caroline Astor and her importance in New York's exclusive society. Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn Astor (September 22, 1830 – October 30, 1908) was a prominent American socialite of the second half of the 19th century. 

New Book - The Husband Hunters by Anne de Courcy (Pages 1 - 18)

 First Published: 2017

This is a non-fiction book about the rich women marrying English aristocrats at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century. The prologue tells us that the book will analyse the reasons and some of the cases.