The Riviera set : glitz, glamour, and the hidden world of high society / Mary S. Lovell.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2017Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover editionDescription: viii, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781681775159
- 1681775158
- 944.9/4 23
- DC608.9 .L68 2017
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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BOOK | Harrison Memorial Library NONFICTION | Adult Nonfiction | 944.9 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31624003709854 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-408) and index.
In the beginning...Jessie Dermot -- Miss Maxine Elliott -- Hartsbourne -- Maxine's war -- Courtesans and Assignations -- Winston -- A new King -- Final fling -- The lights go out over Europe -- War on the Riviera -- Return of peace -- Prince Aly Khan -- Rita Hayworth -- "A marriage has been arranged" -- Wedding of the century -- Marital troubles -- Changes -- Causes and effects -- End of an era -- Epilogue -- Postscript.
The story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the Chateau de l'Horizon near Cannes, covering a span 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.
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