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An "illuminating" (Daily Mail, London) exploration of the second generation of the iconic Bloomsbury Group who inspired their elders to new heights of creativity and passion while also pushing the boundaries of sexual freedom and gender norms in 1920s England.In the years before the First World War, a collection of writers and artists?Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, and Lytton Strachey among them?began to make a name for themselves in England an...

How a generation of bold, sexually liberated and gender transgressive Bright Young Things in the 1920s and 30s rejuvenated the ageing Bloomsbury set, giving them a new and relevant voice.

A moving and soul-stirring exploration of the second generation of the iconic Bloomsbury Group that inspired and rejuvenated their elders to new heights of creativity and passion while also pushing the boundaries of sexual freedom and gender norms in 1920s Britain.In the years before the First World War, a collection of writers and artists became famous throughout Great Britain for their irreverent spirit and controversial reputation. Includin...

In the 1920s a new generation stepped forward to invigorate the Bloomsbury Group -- creative young people who tantalised the original 'Bloomsberries' with their captivating looks and provocative ideas.Young Bloomsbury introduces us to an extraordinarily colourful cast of characters, including novelist and music critic Eddy Sackville-West, 'who wore elaborate make-up and dressed in satin and black velvet', sculptor Stephen Tomlin, and writer Ju...

How a generation of bold, sexually liberated and gender transgressive Bright Young Things in the 1920s and 30s rejuvenated the ageing Bloomsbury set, giving them a new and relevant voice.

Nel castello di Knole, nella Stanza della Torre azzurra, c'è un vecchio baule di alluminio con la scritta: «Edward Sackville-West: Carte varie». Al suo interno erano custodite testimonianze intime di vite vissute nel cuore della Bloomsbury letteraria degli anni Venti. Lytton Strachey, Duncan Grant, Bunny Garnett e Stephen Tomlin soggiornarono tutti a Knole insieme a Eddy. Due di questi amici - Duncan Grant e Stephen Tomlin - divennero suoi ama...

Evocative, engaging and filled with detail,  this book explores the homes of three writers linked to the Bloomsbury Group. Bringing together stories of love and intimacy, of evolving relationships and erotic encounters, with vivid accounts of the settings in which they took place, it offers fresh insights into their complicated, interlocking lives.