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The Riviera Set
Mary S. Lovell
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Description for The Riviera Set
Paperback. A portrait of high society in the twentieth century, told through the stories of the guests of Maxine Elliott and Prince Aly Khan at the Chateau de l'Horizon in Cannes. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BK; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
'I loved every word' - Sarra Manning, Red '[A] blissful book - it's like basking in the warm Med' - Rachel Johnson, Mail on Sunday 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 ... Read more
'I loved every word' - Sarra Manning, Red '[A] blissful book - it's like basking in the warm Med' - Rachel Johnson, Mail on Sunday 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349139890
SKU
V9780349139890
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Ref
99-99
About Mary S. Lovell
Mary Lovell is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. She is the author of eight previous biographies including the bestselling The Mitford Girls and The Churchills.
Reviews for The Riviera Set
Mary S Lovell's social history is a meticulously researched and highly entertaining story about the characters who populated this decadent world . . . confiding and intimate, and it's an illuminating read
Hannah Beckerman
Observer
[A] blissful book - it's like basking in the warm Med
Rachel Johnson
Mail on Sunday
Lovell is superb ... Read more
Hannah Beckerman
Observer
[A] blissful book - it's like basking in the warm Med
Rachel Johnson
Mail on Sunday
Lovell is superb ... Read more