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"Beautiful, romantic and spirited, Pannonica, known as Nica, named after her father's favorite moth, was born in 1913 to extraordinary, eccentric privilege and a storied history. The Rothschild family had, in only five generations, risen from the ghetto in Frankfurt to stately homes in England. As a child, Nica took her daily walks, dressed in white, with her two sisters and governess around the parkland of the vast house at Tring, Hertfordshire, among kangaroos, giant tortoises, emus and zebras, all part of the exotic menagerie collected by her uncle Walter. As a debutante, she was taught to fly by a saxophonist and introduced to jazz by her brother Victor; she married Baron Jules de Koenigswarter, settled in a chateau in France and had five children. When World War II broke out, Nica and her five children narrowly escaped back to England, but soon after, she set out to find her husband who was fighting with the Free French Army in Africa, where she helped the war effort by being a decoder, a driver and organizing supplies and equipment. In the early 1950s Nica heard "'Round Midnight "by the jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk and, as if under a powerful spell, abandoned her marriage and moved to New York to find him. She devoted herself to helping Monk and other musicians: she bailed them out of jail, paid their bills, took them to the hospital, even drove them to their gigs, and her convertible Bentley could always be seen parked outside downtown clubs or up in Harlem. Charlie Parker would notoriously die in her apartment in the Stanhope Hotel. But it was Monk who was the love of her life and whom she cared for until his death in 1982. Hannah Rothschild has drawn on archival material and her own interviews in this quest to find out who her great-aunt really was and how she fit into a family that, although passionate about music and entomology, was reactionary in always favoring men over women. Part musical odyssey, part love story, The Baroness"
""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."--Publisher description."@en
"A biography of the author's great-aunt, jazz patroness Nica de Koenigswarter, drawing on family records to examine the traditions that shaped her youth, her marriage to Baron Jules de Koenigswarter, and her role in supporting the New York jazz world."
"A biography of the author's great-aunt, jazz patroness Nica de Koenigswarter, draws on family records to examine the traditions that shaped her youth, her marriage to Baron Jules de Koenigswarter, and her role in supporting the New York jazz world."
""Tłumaczenie z angielskiego Dobromil pannonica Rothschild Jankowska urodził się w 1913 roku w rodzinie, która w ciągu zaledwie pięciu pokoleń drodze z żydowskiej we Frankfurcie wśród bajecznie bogatej arystokracji. Jako dziecko ubrane w białe Nica chodziłem z siostrami i guwernantki w parku pełnym kangura, duże żółwie, emu i zebry - zbiór egzotycznych zwierząt z jego wuja Waltera. Jako nastolatek debiutant poznała i poślubiła Barona Jules de Koenigswarter, który nauczył mnie, by latać samolotem i porwał zamek we Francji. Po wybuchu wojny Nica z dwójką dzieci w ostatniej chwili uciekł do Anglii, ale szybko wrócił do przodu, aby działać w bezpłatny francuskim ruchu. Wydawało się, że ma wszysłko: dzieci, przystojnego męża i fundusz powierniczy. Ale na począłku lat 50-tych usłyszał "Round Midnight" Theloniousa Monka, legendy jazzu. Musiala go poznac."Baronowa jazzu" to muzyczna odyseja i przepiekna historia milosna..."--Abebooks.com"

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"The baroness : the search for Nica, the rebellious Rothschild and Jazz's secret muse"
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"The Baroness : the search for Nica, the rebellious Rothschild"@en
"The Baroness : the search for Nica, the rebellious Rothschild"
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