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Bloomsbury Ballerina : Lydia Lopokova, Imperial Dancer and Mrs John Maynard Keynes by Judith Mackrell
33.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
Born in 1891 in St Petersburg, Lydia Lopokova lived a long and remarkable life. Her vivacious personality and the sheer force of her charm propelled her to the top of Diaghilev's Ballet Russes. Through a combination of luck, determination and talent, Lydia became a star in Paris, a vaudeville favourite ...Show more
Flappers: Women of a Dangerous Generation by Judith Mackrell
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
This is a gripping biography of six extraordinary women who, in their very different ways, epitomise the decade they came of age - the 1920s. Glamorized, mythologized and demonized - the women of the 1920s prefigured the 1960s in their determination to reinvent the way they lived. Flappers is in part a ...Show more
Going with the Boys: Six Extraordinary Women Writing from the Front Line by Judith Mackrell
25.00 NZD
Category: History
'They were not just reporters; they were also pioneers, and Judith Mackrell has done them proud.' Spectator'This is a book that manages to be thoughtful and edge-of-your-seat thrilling.' Mail on Sunday'Like the copy filed by her subjects, it is an essential read.' BBC History MagazineOn the front lines ...Show more
Going with the Boys: Six Extraordinary Women Writing from the Front Line by Judith Mackrell
50.00 NZD
Category: History
On the front lines of the Second World War, a contingent of female journalists were bravely waging their own battle. Barred from combat zones and faced with entrenched prejudice and bureaucratic restrictions, these women were forced to fight for the right to work on equal terms as men.Going with the Boy ...Show more
The Unfinished Palazzo: Life, Love and Art in Venice by Judith Mackrell
22.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
Abandoned unfinished and left to rot on Venice's Grand Canal, 'il palazzo non finito' was once an unloved guest among the aristocrats of Venetian architecture. Yet in the 20th century it played host to three passionate and unconventional women who would take the city by storm. The staggeringly wealthy M ...Show more
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