Reviews of book: Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age

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by D.J. Taylor

markk rated it

9 years ago

text Portraits from an age of parties

Throughout much of the 1920s, Londoners had a front-row seat to the antics of a small group of socialites about town. These young men and women staged lavish parties, disrupted activities with scavenger hunts and other stunts, and provided fodder for gossip columnists and cartoonists. This group, du...

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Nigeyb rated it

11 years ago

text "Bright Young People: The Rise and Fall of a Generation 1918-1940" by D.J. Taylor

I thoroughly enjoyed this moving and informative account of the 1920s British band of pleasure-seeking bohemians and blue blooded socialites that comprised the "Bright Young People".D.J. Taylor's fascinating book explores the main events and the key players, throughout the 1920s, 1930s, World War Tw...

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M.W. Gerard rated it

14 years ago

text Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age

Considering my obsession with this period in history, and some of its tenants, I cannot believe it took me so long to find this book. I have heard, anecdotally, of the Bright Young People but I knew little about their specifics. Even with this marvelous history as a guide, they are still a fluid, am...

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