Dazzlingly beautiful; highly intelligent and an extraordinary force of energy; Nancy Cunard was an icon of the Jazz Age; said to have inspired half the poets and novelists of the twenties. Born into a life of wealth and privilege; yet one in which she barely saw her parents; Nancy rebelled against expectations and pursued a life in the arts. She sought the constant company of artists; writers; poets and painters; first in London's Soho and Mayfair; and then in the glamorous cafes of 1920s Paris. This is the remarkable story of Nancy's Paris life; filled with art; sex and alcohol. She became a muse to Wyndham Lewis; Constantin Brâncusi sculpted her; Man Ray photographed her and she played tennis with Ernest Hemingway. She had many love affairs; the most significant of which are included in this book: the American poet Ezra Pound; the novelists Aldous Huxley and Michael Arlen; the French poet Louis Aragon and finally and controversially the black American pianist Henry Crowder; with whom she ran her printing press in Paris. She was also shaped by her lifelong friendship with George Moore; her mother's lover. This tempestuous tale of passion and intrigue is as much a portrait of twenties Paris as it is the story of an extraordinary woman who defined her age.