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31 produkter
Chanel's Riviera
Life, Love and the Struggle for Survival on the Côte d'Azur, 1930–1944
Häftad, 2020
165 kr
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'Sex, disappointment and scandal from some of the 20th century's biggest icons all set against an impossibly luxurious and elegant French backdrop . . . You'll come away both better informed and utterly transported' Stylist'Tales of glamour, decadence and survival . . . A peek, at once envious and …
Society's Queen
The Life of Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry
Häftad, 2022
157 kr
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From the author of the critically acclaimed THE VICEROY'S DAUGHTERS, the story of a glittering aristocrat who was also at the heart of political society in the interwar years.At the age of twenty-one, Edith Chaplin married one of the most eligible bachelors of the day, the eldest son of the sixth …
Diana Mosley
Häftad, 2004
194 kr
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Diana Mosley was one of the most fascinating and controversial figures of recent times. For some, she was a cult; for many, anathema. Born in 1910 Diana was the most beautiful and the cleverest of the six Mitford sisters. She was eighteen when she married Bryan Guinness, of the brewing dynasty, by …
Viceroy's Daughters
Häftad, 2001
180 kr
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The lives of the three daughters of Lord Curzon: glamorous, rich, independent and wilful.Irene (born 1896), Cynthia (b.1898) and Alexandria (b.1904) were the three daughters of Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India 1898-1905 and probably the grandest and most self-confident imperial servant Britain ever …
Fishing Fleet
Husband-Hunting in the Raj
Häftad, 2013
130 kr
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The adventurous young women who sailed to India during the Raj in search of husbands.From the late 19th century, when the Raj was at its height, many of Britain's best and brightest young men went out to India to work as administrators, soldiers and businessmen. With the advent of steam travel and …
Diana Mosley
Mitford Beauty, British Fascist, Hitler''s Angel
E-bok, 2024
113 kr
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Diana Mosley was a society beauty who fell from grace when she left her husband, brewery heir Bryan Guinness, for Sir Oswald Mosley, an admirer of Mussolini and a notorious womanizer. This horrified her family and scandalized society.In 1933, Diana met the new German leader, Adolf Hitler. They …
Viceroy's Daughters
The Lives of the Curzon Sisters
E-bok, 2024
61 kr
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Based on unpublished letters and diaries, The Viceroy''s Daughters is a riveting portrait of three spirited and wilful women who were born at the height of British upper-class wealth and privilege.The oldest, Irene, never married but pursued her passion for foxes, alcohol, and married men. The …
Snowdon
The Biography
E-bok, 2012
45 kr
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''The most sensational book on the Royal Family in recent times'' Sunday Telegraph ''Offers a fascinating insight into not just his life but the social mores of the day'' Evening Standard How did a photographer who was a relentless playboy, an unashamed womaniser and a leather-clad motorcyclist …
Fishing Fleet
Husband-Hunting in the Raj
E-bok, 2012
51 kr
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The adventurous young women who sailed to India during the Raj in search of husbands. From the late 19th century, when the Raj was at its height, many of Britain''s best and brightest young men went out to India to work as administrators, soldiers and businessmen. With the advent of steam travel …
Margot at War
Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916
E-bok, 2014
45 kr
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Discover the history at the heart of Robert Harris''s number one bestseller PRECIPICE ''A plot that Downton Abbey would die for'' Daily Mail ''A proper sex in high places scandal'' Independent ''Books of the Year'' Margot Asquith was perhaps the most daring and unconventional Prime Minister''s wife …
The Husband Hunters
American Heiresses Who Married into the British Aristocracy
Häftad, 2019
284 kr
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Chanel's Riviera
Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944
Häftad, 2021
303 kr
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Magnificent Rebel
Nancy Cunard in Jazz Age Paris
Inbunden, 2023
334 kr
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Anne de Courcy, the author of Husband Hunters and Chanel's Riviera , examines the controversial life of legendary beauty, writer and rich girl Nancy Cunard during her thirteen years in Jazz-Age Paris. Paris in the 1920s was bursting with talent in the worlds of art, design and literature. The city …
Diana Mosley
E-bok, 2012
144 kr
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Diana Mosley was one of the most fascinating and controversial figures of recent times. For some, she was a cult; for many, anathema. Born in 1910 Diana was the most beautiful and the cleverest of the six Mitford sisters. She was eighteen when she married Bryan Guinness, of the brewing dynasty, by …
Husband Hunters
Social Climbing in London and New York
Häftad, 2018
157 kr
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'A tale of buccaneering matriarchs marrying their American princess daughters to the dim-witted, cash-strapped sons of British peers . . . Cleverly researched, sparkling with diamonds and wickedly funny' SpectatorTowards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the …
Husband Hunters
Social Climbing in London and New York
E-bok, 2017
45 kr
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''A tale of buccaneering matriarchs marrying their American princess daughters to the dim-witted, cash-strapped sons of British peers . . . Cleverly researched, sparkling with diamonds and wickedly funny'' Spectator Towards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the …
Chanel's Riviera
Life, Love and the Struggle for Survival on the Côte d''Azur, 1930–1944
E-bok, 2019
44 kr
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''Sex, disappointment and scandal from some of the 20th century''s biggest icons all set against an impossibly luxurious and elegant French backdrop . . . You''ll come away both better informed and utterly transported'' Stylist ''Tales of glamour, decadence and survival . . . A peek, at once …
Five Love Affairs and a Friendship
The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age
Häftad, 2023
157 kr
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'Racily enjoyable' Daily Telegraph'De Courcy brilliantly recreates the heady spirit of Cunard's Paris . . . You feel she really might have been there' Laura Freeman, The TimesDazzlingly beautiful, highly intelligent and an extraordinary force of energy, Nancy Cunard was an icon of the Jazz Age, …
Five Love Affairs and a Friendship
The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age
E-bok, 2022
45 kr
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''Racily enjoyable'' Daily Telegraph ''De Courcy brilliantly recreates the heady spirit of Cunard''s Paris . . . You feel she really might have been there'' Laura Freeman, The Times Dazzlingly beautiful, highly intelligent and an extraordinary force of energy, Nancy Cunard was an icon of the Jazz …
1939: The Last Season
Häftad, 2022
142 kr
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A wonderful portrait of British upper-class life in the Season of 1939 - the last before the Second World War.The Season of 1939 brought all those 'in Society' to London. The young debutante daughters of the upper classes were presented to the King and Queen to mark their acceptance into the new …
Snowdon
The Biography
Häftad, 2022
134 kr
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How did a photographer who was a relentless playboy, an unashamed womaniser and a leather-clad motorcyclist marry the Queen's sister and become the Establishment figure Lord Snowdon? The brilliantly talented Antony Armstrong-Jones often humiliated Princess Margaret, yet he was compassionate to the …
Margot at War
Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916
Häftad, 2022
130 kr
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Discover the history at the heart of Robert Harris's number one bestseller PRECIPICE'A plot that Downton Abbey would die for' Daily Mail'A proper sex in high places scandal' Independent 'Books of the Year'Margot Asquith was perhaps the most daring and unconventional Prime Minister's wife in British …
Debs at War
1939-1945
Häftad, 2022
152 kr
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An extraordinary account - from firsthand sources - of upper class women and the active part they took in the WarPre-war debutantes were members of the most protected, not to say isolated, stratum of 20th-century society: the young (17-20) unmarried daughters of the British upper classes. For most …
Viceroy's Daughters
E-bok, 2012
50 kr
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The lives of the three daughters of Lord Curzon: glamorous, rich, independent and wilful. Irene (born 1896), Cynthia (b.1898) and Alexandria (b.1904) were the three daughters of Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India 1898-1905 and probably the grandest and most self-confident imperial servant Britain ever …
Debs at War
1939-1945
E-bok, 2012
45 kr
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An extraordinary account - from firsthand sources - of upper class women and the active part they took in the War Pre-war debutantes were members of the most protected, not to say isolated, stratum of 20th-century society: the young (17-20) unmarried daughters of the British upper classes. For most …
Society's Queen
The Life of Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry
E-bok, 2012
45 kr
Lägg i varukorg
From the author of the critically acclaimed THE VICEROY''S DAUGHTERS, the story of a glittering aristocrat who was also at the heart of political society in the interwar years. At the age of twenty-one, Edith Chaplin married one of the most eligible bachelors of the day, the eldest son of the sixth …
1939: The Last Season
E-bok, 2012
45 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A wonderful portrait of British upper-class life in the Season of 1939 - the last before the Second World War. The Season of 1939 brought all those ''in Society'' to London. The young debutante daughters of the upper classes were presented to the King and Queen to mark their acceptance into the new …
