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Description for Tiger Woman
Paperback. The fearless tale of the original 'Party Girl', in her own (frankly scurrilous) words Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Dancer, singer, gang member, cocaine addict and artist’s favourite: Betty May – aka the Tiger Woman – was a woman like no other.
Born into abject poverty in Limehouse, Betty May used her striking looks and fierce street nous to become an unlikely bohemian celebrity sensation between the wars. A model and muse for artists and writers including Augustus John, Jacob Epstein, Jacob Kramer and David Garnett, May elbowed her way to the top of London’s social scene in a succession of outrageous and dramatic fights, flights, marriages and misadventures that also took her to France, Italy, Canada and ... Read more
Tiger Woman is her incredible story in her own words, as vivid and extraordinary as the day it was first told.
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Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780715648551
SKU
V9780715648551
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Betty May
Betty May (born 1894) was a British singer, dancer and artist’s model. She was a member of the London Bohemian set of the interwar years, claimed to have joined a criminal gang in Paris, and became associated, through one of her husbands, with occultist Aleister Crowley. Tiger Woman was first published by Duckworth in 1929. May died in obscurity in ... Read more
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