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In 'Flappers' acclaimed biographer Judith Mackrell celebrates six women who between them exemplified the range and daring of the women who came of age in the 1920s. For Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard, Tallulah Bankhead, Zelda Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker and Tamara de Lempicka, the pursuit of new experiences was not just about dancing the Charleston, of partying with their peers. Instead, they made themselves prominent among the artists, icons, and heroines of the age. Talented, reckless and wilful, with personalities that transcended class and background, they re-wrote their destinies in remarkable, entertaining and tragic ways. And between them they blazed the trail of the New Woman around the world.'Flappers is all good dirty fun ... Mackell is an engaging storyteller with a deceptively light touch.' - Cressida Connolly, Sunday Telegraph
'A fabulous tale of sharp-angled girls making their way in a decade of excess.'
- Guardian ISBN:9780330529525
