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The lost girls : love & literature in wartime London /

"Who were the Lost Girls? Chic, glamorous, and bohemian, as likely to be found living in a rat-haunted maisonette as dining at the Ritz, Lys Lubbock, Sonia Brownell, Barbara Skelton, and Janetta Parlade cut a swath through English literary and artistic life at the height of World War II."-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taylor, D. J. (David John), 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, 2020.
Edition:First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Koch, Lys Dunlap, > 1917-1989.
Orwell, Sonia.
Skelton, Barbara.
Woolley, Janetta.
Connolly, Cyril, > 1903-1974 > Friends and associates.
Connolly, Cyril, > 1903-1974 > Relations with women.
Connolly, Cyril, > 1903-1974.
Women > Great Britain > 20th century > Biography.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 20th century.
London (England) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Women > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Great Britain > History > George VI, 1936-1952.
Friendship.
Intellectual life.
Manners and customs.
Relations with women.
Social conditions.
Women.
England > London.
Great Britain.
1900-1999
Biographies.
History.
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Summary:"Who were the Lost Girls? Chic, glamorous, and bohemian, as likely to be found living in a rat-haunted maisonette as dining at the Ritz, Lys Lubbock, Sonia Brownell, Barbara Skelton, and Janetta Parlade cut a swath through English literary and artistic life at the height of World War II."--Amazon.
Physical Description:xii, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1643133152
9781643133157