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Chanel's Riviera - Life, Love and the Struggle for Survival on the Cote d'Azur, 1930-1944 (Hardcover)
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Chanel's Riviera - Life, Love and the Struggle for Survival on the Cote d'Azur, 1930-1944 (Hardcover)
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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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