The Baroness

The Search for Nica the Rebellious Rothschild

Hannah Rothschild

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Little Brown
12 March 2013

Biography; Biography: general

As a child, Hannah Rothschild never met her great aunt. But she heard the rumors: Nica was the family's black sheep; she flew Lancaster bombers in the war; she chose not to live with her five children; she shared her house with jazz musicians and 306 cats; she was the subject of no less than twenty jazz standards; she raced Miles Davis down Fifth Avenue; the junkie Charlie Parker died in her apartment. There was one thing everyone agreed upon, however: Nica dedicated the last twenty-eight years of her life to one man, the high priest of bebop, pianist Thelonious Monk. She laid her love, her inheritance, and her freedom before his feet like a cloth of devotion. This book is the result of a twenty-year quest; Hannah Rothschild first met her aunt in 1984, but it was only after Nica's death that she began to seek the true story behind the outrageous legend. THE BARONESS follows Nica from her childhood home to Paris, to a narrow escape from the Nazis via the battlefields of Africa, to Norway, to Mexico, to a Delaware prison, and finally, to an unimposing house in New Jersey. Using accounts of her antics from her friends Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Clint Eastwood, and others, as well as unseen family archives and unearthed police reports, Rothschild uncovers who Nica was and why she chose the life that she did. In doing so, Rothschild examines her own relationship to her legendary family and its complex legacy, questioning whether we can ever truly escape our pasts.

By: Hannah Rothschild
Imprint: Little Brown
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 230g
ISBN: 9781844086054
ISBN 10: 1844086054
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 12 March 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hannah Rothschild is a freelance director and writer. Her feature documentaries, including the Jazz Baroness, have been shown on the BBC and HBO. She has written newspapers and magazines including Vanity Fair, Vogue, The Independent, the Spectator, Bazaar and House and Gardens. Vice President of the Hay Literary Festival, Trustee of the National Gallery and Waddesdon Manor, this is Hannah Rothschild's first biography

Reviews for The Baroness: The Search for Nica the Rebellious Rothschild

Riveting, touching and insightful Daily Telegraph An extraordinary achievement - perfectly structured, astonishingly objective, wise, perceptive and beautifully written -- Antony Beevor Wholly gripping -- Rachel Cooke Guardian Eloquently-written labour of love Daily Mail Nimble writing and brilliant story Independent It's a gripping yarn that more than proves that life is stranger than fiction' Literary Review