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. 

Five Love Affairs and a Friendship: The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age 4 (Pages 154 - 274)

 

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 Only Suspect - Facts

 

When Marina meets Rick, she tells him that she loves Dusty Springfield's music. Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was an English singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano voice, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul, pop, and dramatic ballads, with French chanson, country, and jazz also in her repertoire. 

I Found You - FActs

 

The village where the events take place is in East Yorkshire. The East Riding of Yorkshire, often abbreviated to the East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to the south-west, and Lincolnshire to the south across the Humber Estuary.

Victorian Psycho - Facts

 Mr Pounds is into Phrenology, a pseudoscience which was very popular in the period. Phrenology is a pseudoscience that involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits. It is based on the concept that the brain is the organ of the mind, and that certain brain areas have localized, specific functions or modules.

Heinrich Himmler: A Life from Beginning to End by Hourly History

 

First Published: May 14, 2023

RATING: INTERESTING

Heinrich Himmler was named after Heinrich, a prince of Bavaria, who his father tutored. The prince was Heinrich's godfather.Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (24 June 1884 – 8 November 1916) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a highly decorated Army officer in the First World War.

Sparkling Cyanide - Facts

 Fairhaven is where the Farradays have a house, and George buys another near theirs. Fairhaven is an affluent coastal residential district in Lancashire, England, nestled between the towns of Lytham and St Annes-on-the-Sea.

A Dark Matter - Facts

 The Skelfs live in Edinburgh. Edinburgh is Scotland's compact, hilly capital. It has a medieval Old Town and elegant Georgian New Town with gardens and neoclassical buildings.

Life, Death and Vanilla Slices - Facts

 

Blackpool is where Jean has lived all her life. Blackpool is a seaside resort on the Irish Sea coast of England. It's known for Blackpool Pleasure Beach, an old-school amusement park with vintage wooden roller coasters.

Shot With Crimson - Facts

 The book starts in the summer 1917. The narrator is Daphne du Maurier when she was a young girl and visited Milton Hall, the house that inspired her idea of Manderley.

Golden Age Ladies: Women Who shaped the Courts of Henry VIII and Francis I - 4 The End (Pages 141 - end)

 

After Anne Boleyn's execution, Lancelot de Carle wrote a poem about her life and death, which  upset Henry VIII. Lancelot de Carle (also Carles) (c. 1508 – July 1568), Bishop of Riez, was a French scholar, poet and diplomat. Carle was an eyewitness to the trial and execution of Anne Boleyn, Queen consort of Henry VIII, and shortly afterwards, he wrote a poem detailing her life and the circumstances surrounding her death.

Golden Age Ladies: Women Who shaped the Courts of Henry VIII and Francis I - 3 (Pages 107 - 141)

 

Margaret, Francis I's sister, married Henry D'Albret, Count of Bearn and King of Navarre, and she became the queen of Navarre. In her previous marriage she had not had children, so she thought she was barren, but Margaret had two children, a daughter, Jeane D'Albret, and a boy who died. 

Golden Age Ladies: Women Who shaped the Courts of Henry VIII and Francis I - 2 (Pages 32 - 107)

 

Francis I became king after Louis XII's death. Francis I (12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis XII, who died without a legitimate son.

New Book - Golden Age Ladies: Women Who shaped the Courts of Henry VIII and Francis I by Sylvia Barbara Soberton (Pages 1 - 32)

 

First Published: April 30, 2016

The first woman whose life is described in the book is Louise de Savoy, mother of Francis I. Louise of Savoy (11 September 1476 – 22 September 1531) was a French noble and regent, Duchess suo jure of Auvergne and Bourbon, Duchess of Nemours and the mother of King Francis I and Marguerite of Navarre.

Little House in the Big Woods - Facts

 The little house is in the woods in Wisconsin. Wisconsin is a midwestern U.S. state with coastlines on 2 Great Lakes (Michigan and Superior) and an interior of forests and farms.

Great Ladies: The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens 4 - The End (Pages 148 - end)

 

When Mary became queen, she felt she had an obligation to marry. The English wanted her to marry Edward Courtenay. Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (c. 1527 – 18 September 1556) was an English nobleman during the rule of the Tudor dynasty. Courtenay  became a favourite of his royal cousin Queen Mary, who greatly benefited the young man. Mary showed her young cousin considerable affection. Courtenay considered he might be the Queen's future husband.

Great Ladies: The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens 3 (Pages 84 - 148)

 One of Jane Seymour's ladies-in-waiting was her sister-in-law, Anne Seymour. Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (née Stanhope; before 1512 – 16 April 1587) was the second wife of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset.