The Riviera Set
$26.59
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
11 July 2017
Summary
THE RIVIERA SET is the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the Chateau 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 Chateau and brought together the likes of Noel C…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349139890 |
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| ISBN-10: | 034913989X |
| Author: | Mary S. Lovell |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 11 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 357g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 29mm |
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Lovell is superb on the great villas of the Riviera - The Times
[A] blissful book - it’s like basking in the warm Med - Mail on SundayI loved every word - RedLovell dissects their lives and curates the interesting parts, bringing together the creme of high society. A sparkling group biography that brings to life a bygone era - The LadyAbout The Author
Mary S. Lovell
Mary S. Lovell has written several major biographies, including The Churchills, Bess of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth, A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton and Straight on till Morning: The Biography of Beryl Markham. She lives in Hampshire.
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