The Riviera Set Glitz Glamour And The Hidden World Of High Society
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The Riviera Set
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Author : Mary S. Lovell
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-11-03
The Riviera Set written by Mary S. Lovell and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-03 with History categories.
'I loved every word' Sarra Manning, Red '[A] blissful book - it's like basking in the warm Med' Rachel Johnson, Mail on Sunday The Riviera Set is the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the Château de l'Horizon near Cannes, over the course of forty years from the time when Coco Chanel made southern French tans fashionable in the twenties to the death of the playboy Prince Aly Khan in 1960. At the heart of this was the amazing Maxine Elliott, the daughter of a fisherman from Connecticut, who built the beautiful art deco Château and brought together the likes of Noel Coward, the Aga Khan, the Windsors and two very saucy courtesans, Doris Castlerosse and Daisy Fellowes, who set out to be dangerous distractions to Winston Churchill as he worked on his journalism and biographies during his 'wilderness years' in the thirties. After the War the story continued as the Château changed hands and Prince Aly Khan used it to entertain the Hollywood set, as well as launch his seduction of and eventual marriage to Rita Hayworth. Mary Lovell tells her story of high society behaviour with tremendous brio and relish, and this book has all the charm and fascination of her bestselling The Mitford Girls and The Churchills.
The Riviera Set Glitz Glamour And The Hidden World Of High Society
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Author : Mary S. Lovell
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-09-05
The Riviera Set Glitz Glamour And The Hidden World Of High Society written by Mary S. Lovell and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The author of the bestselling The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family brings her trademark brio and relish to the charming and fascinating world of the Château de l'Horizon on the French Riviera The Riviera Set reveals the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the Château de l'Horizon near Cannes, over the course of forty years from the time when Coco Chanel made southern French tans fashionable in the twenties to the death of the playboy Prince Aly Khan in 1960. At the heart of dynamic group was the amazing Maxine Elliott, the daughter of a fisherman from Connecticut, who built the beautiful art deco Château and brought together the likes of Noel Coward, the Aga Khan, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and two very saucy courtesans, Doris Castlerosse and Daisy Fellowes, who set out to be dangerous distractions to Winston Churchill as he worked on his journalism and biographies during his 'wilderness years' in the thirties. After the War the story continued as the Château changed hands and Prince Aly Khan used it to entertain the Hollywood set, as well as launch his seduction of and eventual marriage to Rita Hayworth Bringing a bygone era back to life, Mary Lovell cements her spot as one of our top social historians in this captivating and evocative new book.
Eleanor Robson Belmont
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Author : Kevin Lane Dearinger
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2023-06-06
Eleanor Robson Belmont written by Kevin Lane Dearinger and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
When Mrs. August Belmont died in 1979, just before her 100th birthday, she was remembered as a philanthropist and advocate for the arts, especially the Metropolitan Opera, but before her triumphs as Mrs. Belmont, she had dignified the American stage for 13 glorious years as Eleanor Robson, actress. Her splendid voice, understated style, and always-evident intelligence thrilled legions of theatregoers and enthralled the best playwrights of her time, including Israel Zangwill, Clyde Fitch, and George Bernard Shaw.Despite the brevity of her career, Eleanor Robson stands as a prototype for many actresses who followed her--women who sought to control their own careers and lives, demanded artistic respect and freedom, and who, by the twenty-first century, would confidently call themselves not actresses, but actors. This is her first book-length biography, focusing particularly on her theatrical career.
The Churchills In Love And War
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Author : Mary S. Lovell
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2012-05-14
The Churchills In Love And War written by Mary S. Lovell and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Lovell presents the epic story of one of England's greatest families, focusing on the towering figure of Winston Churchill.
The Princess Spy
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Author : Larry Loftis
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-03
The Princess Spy written by Larry Loftis and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The hidden history of an ordinary American girl who became one of the OSS's most daring World War II spies before marrying into European nobility.
The Tigers Of Baluchistan
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Author : Sylvia A. Matheson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1997
The Tigers Of Baluchistan written by Sylvia A. Matheson and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Business & Economics categories.
This Book With A New Introduction Explains The Time-Warp Around The Bugti Territory, And For That Matter All Of Baluchistan, Which In Recent Years Has Become A Bloody Battle Ground As Its Chieftains Vie For Political Supremacy.
High Society
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Author : Donald Spoto
language : en
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Release Date : 2009-11-03
High Society written by Donald Spoto and has been published by Crown Archetype this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Drawing on his unprecedented access to Grace Kelly, bestselling biographer Donald Spoto at last offers an intimate, honest, and authoritative portrait of one of Hollywood’s legendary actresses. In just seven years–from 1950 through 1956–Grace Kelly embarked on a whirlwind career that included roles in eleven movies. From the principled Amy Fowler Kane in High Noon to the thrill-seeking Frances Stevens of To Catch a Thief, Grace established herself as one of Hollywood’s most talented actresses and iconic beauties. Her astonishing career lasted until her retirement at age twenty-six, when she withdrew from stage and screen to marry a European monarch and became a modern, working princess and mother. Based on never-before-published or quoted interviews with Grace and those conducted over many years with her friends and colleagues–from costars James Stewart and Cary Grant to director Alfred Hitchcock–as well as many documents disclosed by her children for the first time, acclaimed biographer Donald Spoto explores the transformation of a convent schoolgirl to New York model, successful television actress, Oscar-winning movie star, and beloved royal. As the princess requested, Spoto waited twenty-five years after her death to write this biography. Now, with honesty and insight, High Society reveals the truth of Grace Kelly’s personal life, the men she loved, the men she didn’t, and what lay behind the façade of her fairy-tale life.
The Grit In The Pearl
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Author : Lyndsy Spence
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2020-06-01
The Grit In The Pearl written by Lyndsy Spence and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The shocking true story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany Margaret, Duchess of Argyll's life was one of complexity and controversy. Born Ethel Margaret Whigham, the only child of a Scottish self-made millionaire and a beautiful high-society woman, her childhood was rich and splendid – but empty. She was a daddy's girl with an absent father, living with a jealous mother who sought to remind Margaret of her every shortcoming. As she grew up, her name was a byword for class and beauty; she was the debutante of her coming-out year, and her marriage to Charles Sweeny literally stopped traffic. But it was not to last: Margaret needed more. What followed was a story of tragedy, scandal and heartbreak as Margaret swung from lover to lover, society to society. This culminated in her notorious divorce case of 1963, where her soon-to-be-ex-husband produced his pie`ce de résistance: a Polaroid of her in a compromising position with two other men. In The Grit in the Pearl, Lyndsy Spence takes a look at a woman who was ahead of her time. Using previously unpublished sources and personal transcripts, this is the story of a fragile woman who was to come up against the very highest echelons of English high society – and lose.
Chanel S Riviera
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Author : Anne de Courcy
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-06-13
Chanel S Riviera written by Anne de Courcy and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-13 with History categories.
Far from worrying about the onset of war, in the spring of 1938 the burning question on the French Riviera was whether one should curtsey to the Duchess of Windsor. Few of those who had settled there thought much about what was going on in the rest of Europe. It was a golden, glamorous life, far removed from politics or conflict. Featuring a sparkling cast of artists, writers and historical figures including Winston Churchill, Daisy Fellowes, Salvador Dalí, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Eileen Gray and Edith Wharton, with the enigmatic Coco Chanel at its heart, CHANEL'S RIVIERA is a captivating account of a period that saw some of the deepest extremes of luxury and terror in the whole of the twentieth century. From Chanel's first summer at her Roquebrune villa La Pausa (in the later years with her German lover) amid the glamour of the pre-war parties and casinos in Antibes, Nice and Cannes to the horrors of evacuation and the displacement of thousands of families during the Second World War, CHANEL'S RIVIERA explores the fascinating world of the Cote d'Azur elite in the 1930s and 1940s. Enriched with much original research, it is social history that brings the experiences of both rich and poor, protected and persecuted, to vivid life.
Villa America
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Author : Liza Klaussmann
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2015-04-23
Villa America written by Liza Klaussmann and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-23 with Fiction categories.
'Immersive, tense, seductive' – Sunday Times 'Unputdownable' – Sunday Express Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Cole and Linda Porter, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos - all are summer guests of Gerald and Sara Murphy. Visionary, misunderstood, and from vastly different backgrounds, the Murphys met and married young, and set forth to create a beautiful world. They alight on Villa America: their coastal oasis of artistic genius, debauched parties, impeccable style and flamboyant imagination. But before long, a stranger enters into their relationship, and their marriage must accommodate an intensity that neither had forseen. When tragedy strikes, their friends reach out to them, but the golden bowl is shattered, and neither Gerald nor Sara will ever be the same. Ravishing, heart-breaking, and written with enviable poise, Villa America delivers on all the promise of Liza Klaussmann's bestselling debut, Tigers in Red Weather. It is an overwhelming, unforgettable novel.