The Rare And The Beautiful The Lives Of The Garmans

Name: The Rare And The Beautiful
Author: Cressida Connolly

Auteur: Cressida Connolly

Taal: Engels

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Uitgever: HarperCollins Publishers

Auteur: Cressida Connolly

Engels
Hardcover
9781841156330
02 augustus 2004
304 pagina's

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The compelling biography of the beautiful, talented Garman sisters and the glittering, romantic era in which they lived. Each of the seven Garman sisters were strikingly beautiful, artistic and wild. Born around the turn of the nineteenth century, most of the siblings were to become involved in the radical literary and political circles of British life between the First and Second World Wars. Their morals were unconventional: bisexuality, unfaithfulness and illegitimate children were a matter of course. Nevertheless they were high-minded and intensely loyal. They were the last muses: women who were prepared to sideline their own talent, friendships, material comforts - even their own children - in order to beguile and inspire the men they loved. Cressida Connolly's family biography delves into the lives of three of the sisters in intense and revealing detail. Kathleen Garman, the father's favourite, ran away to London to study music. She was spotted by the American sculptor Jacob Epstein, who promptly fell in love with her, and remained his muse until his death. They had three children, she was shot in the shoulder by his first wife and she finally became Lady Epstein in 1955. Mary Garman came to London with Kathleen and studied art at the Slade. She married poet Roy Campbell, who was to become the scourge of the literary establishment by espousing General Franco's side during the Spanish Civil War. Finally there was Lorna Garman, the youngest and most beautiful of all the family. At sixteen she married the wealthy Ernest Wishart, a landowner, communist and founder of the socialist publishing house Laurence & Wishart, who spent most of his life turning a blind eye to his wife's infidelities. Lorna was the love of Laurie Lee's life and they had a daughter. Lucian Freud painted several pictures for her. Through Cressida Connolly's skilfull retelling of these remarkable lives, we get an intimate portrait of a golden age of romance, passion and art that is an original, beguiling read.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 02 augustus 2004
Aantal pagina's: 304
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Cressida Connolly
Hoofduitgeverij: HarperCollins Publishers

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Editie: New title
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Verpakking breedte: 141 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 29 mm
Verpakking lengte: 220 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 788 g

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