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Chanel's Riviera: Life, Love and the Struggle for Survival on the Cote d'Azur, 1930-1944
by De Courcy, Anne
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 1474608191
- ISBN 13
- 9781474608190
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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2019 9781474608190. Hardback. Fine/Fine. DW is not price-clipped. No annotations or inscriptions. 304 pages plus photos B/W and coloured. "Chanel's Riviera explores the fascinating world of the Cote d'Azur during a period that saw the deepest extremes of luxury and terror in the twentieth century ... The elite flocked to the Riviera each year to swim, gamble, and escape from the turbulence plaguing the rest of Europe. 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 Dali, 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. .
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- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell
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- 2382
- Title
- Chanel's Riviera: Life, Love and the Struggle for Survival on the Cote d'Azur, 1930-1944
- Author
- De Courcy, Anne
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1474608191
- ISBN 13
- 9781474608190
- Publisher
- London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2019 9781474608190
- Pages
- 304+
- Keywords
- Coco Chanel Riviera Cote d'Azur Parties Casinos Gambling Nazis WWII Evacuation Displacements Heroism Collaboration Antibes Nice Cannes QSE
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