Isadora: A Sensational Life

Boston, New York, London: Little, Brown and Company; Back Bay Books, 2002. xi, 652 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. A near-fine copy of the first printing, age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "Isadora Duncan was 'the most influential and the most notorious woman of the first quarter of the 20th century' (New York Times). She was 'one of the true visionaries of modern dance,' and, by extension, of modernism in all its guises' (Washington Post). Her name is synonymous with flair, originality, spontaneity, scandal, and intrigue. In this universally acclaimed biography - welcomed on the cover of the New York Times Book Review - Peter Kurth gives us, at last, a work that does justice to the life of this unforgettable woman. Here is Isadora Duncan: her many sensational loves, her passion for her art, her mesmerizing performances, and her personal tragedies - all set against the sweeping backdrop of Europe and the United States in the early twentieth century. / Peter Kurth is the author of Tsar: The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexander, Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson, and American Cassandra: The Life of Dorothy Thompson. He lives in Vermont." - Publisher.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.