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Henrietta Moraes, queen of Bohemia, reformed drunk, ex-drug addict, model of Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, and wife of Indian poet, Dom Moraes, has written her extraordinary autobiography. It takes us from her convent girlhood in Peckham Rye to the pubs and jazz clubs of Soho in the 1950s. An habituee of the French pub and the Colony Room, friend to John Minton, George Melly, Francis Wyndham, Bacon, Freud and many more, she leaves Soho and Chelsea for the hippy life in the 1960s. From life in a caravan to a Guinness mansion in Ireland, from LSD to heroin, Henrietta goes from one extreme to another. Finally, she has to come to terms with her alcoholism. Given three months to live, with enormous courage, she gives up the drink and finds a new life.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780140239973
eBay Product ID (ePID)89979322
Product Key Features
Book TitleHenrietta
AuthorHenrietta Moraes
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width128mm
Item Weight185g
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Title_AuthorHenrietta Moraes
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
