Anne De Courcy

Chanel's Riviera (eBook, ePUB)

Life, Love and the Struggle for Survival on the Côte d'Azur, 1930-1944

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 Dalí, 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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474608220
• Artikelnr.: 56942306

Autorenporträt

Anne de Courcy

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Prologue
1. 1930, the Beginning: La Pausa
2. Misia Sert and her Circle
3. Fun, Games and the Beginning of Terror
4. Love and Glamour on the Sunshine Coast
5. Socialism and Mrs. Simpson
6. 1937, the Rise of Schiaparelli
7. The Shadow of War
8. "La drôle de guerre"
9. June 1940
10. The Vichy Government
11. "A German Victory is Certain"
12. The Brutal Antisemitism of Vichy; Italian Protection
13. Escapes, Captures and Starvation Rations
14. Trying to Survive
15. Dubious Activities
16. The Resistance Grows Stronger, the Starving People Weaker
17. Last Days
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index

Rezensionen

Providing insight into the occupation of France and its terrifying impact on rich and poor alike, you'll come away from reading it both better informed and utterly transported Francesca Brown STYLIST magazine