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Before Chanel there was Lucile. She was one of the world's most
glamorous women and the most famous fashionista of the Edwardian
age. Yet, couturiere Lucile, Lady Duff Gordon was born as just
plain Lucy Sutherland and grew up in a stone farmhouse in Ontario,
Canada. How she went from a backwoods farm to presiding over an
international fashion empire is a remarkable story of unshakeable
determination and female achievement at a time when it was thought
that a woman's place was in the home. Unsinkable Lucile is a
lavishly illustrated story of Lucile's lively childhood, her rise
to the top of the fashion world and her survival of the Titanic
disaster and its aftermath, during which she was unjustly vilified.
Time and time again, she proved that nothing could sink her spirits
or stop her drive to innovate and create. Among Lucile's many
innovations were the first fashion shows, the first fashion models
and the Edwardian craze for oversized hats. She also helped free
women from the corset and coined the word "chic." Lucile was also a
fashion adviser to millions and the creator of clothes seen in over
115 movies. Replete with historical photographs and beautiful
painting by award-winning illustrator Laurie McGaw, Unsinkable
Lucile is a humorous, touching and empowering tale of a woman who
beat the odds, never backed down and changed the world of fashion
forever.
The one illustrated book that tells the complete, heart-stopping
story of the legendary ship. “A fantastic book... The 882½
answers in this book truly are amazing — both for the scope of
information they cover as well as for the depth of details
given.” —CM Magazine. “For all trivia lovers this is a great
book of questions and answers... and would prove useful to anyone
who has an interest in the topic from young readers through to
adults.” —Resource Links. It’s all here. The financiers and
founders of the White Star Line; the building and launch; the
ship’s features; the crew and passengers; the fateful collision;
the scramble for lifeboats; the sinking and the survivors; the
high-tech discovery of the wreck; the movie.... 882½ Amazing
Answers to Your Questions About the Titanic is packed with all of
the intriguing details and fascinating facts that tell the true
story. It puts myths to rest and confirms the truth. Was the
Titanic really unsinkable? Were third-class passengers locked down
below? Were there enough lifeboats? Was there a Jack Dawson? Did
the Heart of the Ocean diamond really exist? Was there a murderer
aboard the ship? It tells of the small tragedies for some
survivors. Deceased violinist Jock Hume’s family received a bill
for five shillings and fourpence (£40 today) for the cost of his
uniform. A baby was kidnapped on board the rescue ship, the
Carpathia, by a woman who had lost her child. Jack Thayer, who
never got over the death of his son in the water, took his own life
thirty years after the sinking. Illustrated with dozens of accurate
paintings, diagrams and rare photographs, the book’s special
features include the making of James Cameron’s movie Titanic, a
true-or-false quiz and the real-life stories of the young people
who sailed on the fateful voyage. 882½ Amazing Answers to Your
Questions About the Titanic is a must-have purchase for all Titanic
enthusiasts.
THE "TITANIC "HAS OFTEN BEEN CALLED "AN EXQUISITE MICROCOSM OF THE
Edwardian era," but until now, her story has not been presented as
such. In "Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage," historian Hugh Brewster
seamlessly interweaves personal narratives of the lost liner's most
fascinating people with a haunting account of the fateful maiden
crossing. Employing scrupulous research and featuring 100 rarely
seen photographs, he accurately depicts the ship's brief life and
tragic denouement and presents compelling, memorable portraits of
her most notable passengers: millionaires John Jacob Astor and
Benjamin Guggenheim; President Taft's closest aide, Major Archibald
Butt; writer Helen Churchill Candee; the artist Frank Millet; movie
actress Dorothy Gibson; the celebrated couturiere Lady Duff Gordon;
aristocrat Noelle, the Countess of Rothes; and a host of other
travelers. Through them, we gain insight into the arts, politics,
culture, and sexual mores of a world both distant and near to our
own. And with them, we gather on the "Titanic"'s sloping deck on
that cold, starlit night and observe their all-too-human reactions
as the disaster unfolds. More than ever, we ask ourselves, "What
would "we" have done?"
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