{"product_id":"hen-mistress-of-mayhem-darren-coffield-9781837051090","title":"Hen, Mistress of Mayhem: A Portrait of Henrietta Moraes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenrietta Moraes first discovered Soho when she was eighteen - or so she tells us.\u003c\/b\u003e Her favourite sport was social climbing (heaven knows she enjoyed the exercise) and she was good at it, going to all the right parties and simply gate-crashing others. From the summit of the 1950s bohemian scene she surveyed the life and times of those who broke all the rules, such as the artists Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon (for whom she became a muse). But that's not all she did - as a key counter-culture figure in the 1960s Chelsea Set, no other woman was more indefatigable in becoming a bohemian legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough Hen, you'll learn how to steal your best friend's boyfriend; enchant and ensnare a husband; blossom into a magnificent muse; dress like a comic book superhero; become a connoisseur of every illicit drug known to medical science and dose a Rolling Stones concert with them; join the caravan set and head along the gypsy trail in search of the Holy Grail, before rematerialising as the minder for a mind-blowing pop icon...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way you'll indulge in the gentle art of cadging drinks; the feline felony of cat burglary; the canny craft of charity shop shoplifting and the haphazardness of steamy sex in second-hand bookshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHen, Mistress of Mayhem\u003c\/i\u003e takes you to the epicentre of Soho's Golden Age; stage by stage it forms a complete guide to a hell-raising companion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Darren Coffield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1837051097\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837051090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Darren Coffield","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48623601451263,"sku":"9781837051090","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hen-mistress-of-mayhem-darren-coffield-9781837051090","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}