![]() The Witch of Lime Street by David JaherĪuthor David Jaher transports his readers back in time to America’s jazz age. To learn more about Lord Berners, click here, here and here. The Mad Boy is a lush book, replete with beautiful pictures, scandal and Bright Young Things. They hosted infamous parties at their home, Faringdon House and kept dyed doves to garnish their estate. Society favorites, Lord Berners and his Mad Boy mingled with the likes of Cecil Beaton, Evelyn Waugh, Salvador Dali, Nancy Mitford and Igor Stravinsky. A composer, novelist and art aficionado, Lord Berners began a love affair with a much younger man, Robert Heber Percy, dubbed the Mad Boy, none other than Zinovieff’s grandfather. Lord Berners, born in the late 19th century, became the unlikely heir to an ancient baronetcy. ![]() ![]() ![]() I recently read Zinovieff’s family memoir and found myself enraptured by her high society tales of scandal and family intrigue. The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother & Me: An Aristocratic Family, a High-Society Scandal, and an Extraordinary Legacy by Sofka Zinovieff ![]()
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