Queens of Bohemia av Darren Coffield

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<p>Queens of Bohemia is an affectionate rescue of many remarkable women from virtual obscurity. It begins in London in the 1920s, at a time when Suffragettes had fought hard for equality and nightclubs became the new social spaces where single women could socialise unchaperoned. This was the age of the dance craze and the gender-bending ¿Flapper¿ ¿ a flat-chested, androgynous-looking female with boyish cropped hair, who caused outrage by drinking, smoking and partying ¿ and inspired the creation of the Gargoyle Club, a nocturnal hunting ground for Femmes Fatales.</p><p>Using previously unpublished memoirs and interviews, Queens of Bohemia creates a soundscape of voices, which gives the reader a flavour of what it was like to be part of their world, so exotic and yet occasionally rank with dampness and despair.</p><p>Among others, the book features revolutionaries such as the ¿Queen of the Nightclubs¿, Kate Meyrick, who owned and ran the legendary Soho establishment, the 43 Club. Alongs