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Marc Koralnik |
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CHANEL'S RIVIERA
Life, Love and the Struggle for Survival on the Côte d'Azur, 1930-1944
An insightful exploration of the glorious heyday of 1930s French Riviera
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.
Anne de Courcy takes us from Chanel's first summer at her Roquebrune villa, La Pausa (which she visited in 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. Enriched with much original research, CHANEL'S RIVIERA explores the fascinating world of the Cote d'Azur elite in the 1930s and 1940s, bringing to vivid life the experiences of both rich and poor, protected and persecuted.
Anne de Courcy is a renowned biographer and journalist, the author of fourteen widely acclaimed works of social history and biography, including THE HUSBAND HUNTERS, THE FISHING FLEET, THE VICEROY'S DAUGHTERS and DEBS AT WAR.
THE FISHING FLEET spent 7 weeks in the Sunday Times Bestseller list and has been optioned for TV by Baby Cow, and THE HUSBAND HUNTERS has also been optioned by Poison Chef. She lives in London and Gloucestershire.
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.
Anne de Courcy takes us from Chanel's first summer at her Roquebrune villa, La Pausa (which she visited in 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. Enriched with much original research, CHANEL'S RIVIERA explores the fascinating world of the Cote d'Azur elite in the 1930s and 1940s, bringing to vivid life the experiences of both rich and poor, protected and persecuted.
Anne de Courcy is a renowned biographer and journalist, the author of fourteen widely acclaimed works of social history and biography, including THE HUSBAND HUNTERS, THE FISHING FLEET, THE VICEROY'S DAUGHTERS and DEBS AT WAR.
THE FISHING FLEET spent 7 weeks in the Sunday Times Bestseller list and has been optioned for TV by Baby Cow, and THE HUSBAND HUNTERS has also been optioned by Poison Chef. She lives in London and Gloucestershire.
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Published 2019-06-01 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson |