Jane Ridley

Nymphomaniac, fearless campaigner, alcoholic – Nancy Cunard was all this and more

The rebel who loved to shock was also a successful publisher, and the muse of leading writers throughout the interwar years, says Anne de Courcy

Nancy Cunard, photographed by Man Ray. [courtesy of the Everett Collection/ Alamy]
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  • Five Love Affairs and a Friendship: The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age

    Anne de Courcy

    Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pp. 336, £25

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