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The Baroness - The Search for Nica the Rebellious Rothschild (Paperback, Digital original)
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The Baroness - The Search for Nica the Rebellious Rothschild (Paperback, Digital original)
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A Rothschild by birth and a Baroness by marriage, beautiful,
spirited Pannonica - known as Nica - seemed to have it all:
children, a handsome husband and a trust fund. But in the early
1950s she heard a piece by the jazz legend Thelonious Monk. The
music overtook her like a magic spell, and she abandoned her
marriage to go and find him. Arriving in New York, Nica was shunned
by society but accepted by the musicians. They gave her friendship;
she gave them material and emotional support. Her convertible
Bentley was a familiar sight outside the clubs and she drank whisky
from a hip flask disguised as a Bible. Her notoriety was sealed
when drug-addicted saxophonist Charlie Parker died in her
apartment. But her real love was reserved for Monk, whom she cared
for until his death in 1982. 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 the New York jazz
scene. Hannah Rothschild's search to solve the mystery of her
rebellious great aunt draws on their long friendship and years of
meticulous research and interviews. It is part musical odyssey,
part dazzling love story.
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