Nancy Durrell has always been an enigma. To her husband Lawrence future author of the Alexandria Quartet she was his introduction to bohemian London his companion during his formative years & the inspiration for some of his finest poetry. Here at last is Nancys story. Growing up in a dysfunctional family she was the provincial schoolgirl who was transformed overnight into a young woman of haunting beauty. From the smoky pubs of 1930s Fitzrovia to the sexual mayhem of the Villa Seurat in Paris & a remote village in pre-war Corfu her story shines new light on an extraordinary group of people.