Dangerous ambition : Dorothy Thompson and Rebecca West : new women in search of love and power / Susan Hertog.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hertog, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

West, Rebecca, 1892-1983.

West, Rebecca.

West, Rebecca, 1892-1983--Relations with men.

Thompson, Dorothy, 1893-1961.

Women authors, English--20th century--Biography.

Women authors, English.

Women journalists--Great Britain--Biography.

Women journalists.

Thompson, Dorothy.

Thompson, Dorothy, 1893-1961--Relations with men.

Women authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Women authors, American.

Women journalists--United States--Biography.

Relations with men.

United States.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 493 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Ballantine Books, [2011]

Summary:

Born in the 1890s on opposite sides of the Atlantic, friends for over forty years, Dorothy Thompson and Rebecca West lived parallel lives that placed them at the center of the social and historical upheavals of the twentieth century. Here, biographer Susan Hertog chronicles the separate but intertwined journeys of these two writers, who achieved unprecedented fame and influence at tremendous personal cost. American Dorothy Thompson was the first female head of a European news bureau, a columnist and commentator with a tremendous following. Englishwoman Rebecca West blazed a trail for herself as a journalist, literary critic, novelist, and historian. In a prefeminist era when speaking truth to power could get anyone--of either gender--ostracized, blacklisted, or worse, these two smart, self-made women were among the first to warn of the dangers posed by fascism, communism, and appeasement. But, torn between convention and the opportunities of the new postwar world, they were drawn to men who were as ambitious and hungry for love as themselves.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Part 1

Chapter 1 Becoming Rebecca 19

Chapter 2 Becoming Dorothy 50

Chapter 3 The Trinity 76

Chapter 4 Resurrection 96

Part 2

Chapter 5 Descent 113

Chapter 6 Renaissance 130

Chapter 7 A Cold Wind 144

Chapter 8 A Good Wife 159

Chapter 9 The Riddle of the Universe 173

Chapter 10 The Faithful Warrior 190

Part 3

Chapter 11 Bloodlust 219

Chapter 12 God Lust 238

Chapter 13 Fractured 261

Chapter 14 Ihr Kampf 289

Part 4

Chapter 15 No Exit 323

Chapter 16 Descent to Glory 358

Chapter 17 Obsession 391.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [443]-478) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780345459862

0345459865

9780345529435

034552943X

OCLC:

701810273