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The baroness : the search for Nica, the rebellious Rothschild / Hannah Rothschild.

Title
The baroness : the search for Nica, the rebellious Rothschild / Hannah Rothschild.
Author
Rothschild, Hannah, 1962-
Publication
  • New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2013]
  • ©2012

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Description
285 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
A biography of the author's great-aunt, jazz patroness Nica de Koenigswarter, drawing on family records to examine the traditions that shaped her youth, her marriage to Baron Jules de Koenigswarter, and her role in supporting the New York jazz world.
Subject
  • Koenigswarter, Pannonica de
  • Rothschild family
  • Women music patrons > Great Britain > Biography
  • Music patrons > Great Britain > Biography
Genre/Form
Biographies
Note
  • "This is a Borzoi book."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264), filmography (pages 265-267), and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The other one -- Queen of the fleas -- The rose of Hungary -- Fight, flee, flounder -- Long, dark prison -- Rothschildiana -- The butterfly and the blues -- Pure pre-war perfection -- The Commander-in-Chief -- You're the top -- Stormy weather -- Pistol-packing mama -- Take the A-train -- Black, brown and beige -- A blast -- Loneliest monk -- Black bitch, white bitch -- Bird -- Pannonica -- Strange fruit -- Blood, sweat and tears -- Gotten me crazy -- Luvya -- 'Round midnight.
ISBN
9780307961983
LCCN
^^2012036881
OCLC
  • 798058739
  • SCSB-9904494
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library