The Riviera Set by Mary S Lovell
The Riviera Set reveals 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 dynamic group was the amazing Maxine Elliott, the daughter of a fisherman from Connecticut, who built the beautiful art deco Chateau and brought together the likes of Noel Coward, the Aga Khan, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and two very saucy courtesans, Doris Castlerosse and Daisy Fellowes, who set out to be dangerous distractions to Winston Churchill as he worked on his journalism and biographies during his 'wilderness years' in the thirties. After the War the story continued as the Chateau changed hands and Prince Aly Khan used it to entertain the Hollywood set, as well as launch his seduction of and eventual marriage to Rita Haywort Bringing a bygone era back to life, Mary Lovell cements her spot as one of our top social historians in this captivating and evocative new book.Mary S.Lovell is the author of Sir Richard Burton, Jane Digby, the Mitford Girls, Betty Cynthia Pack, and Bess of Hardwick, as well as other notable biographies on Sir Richard Burton, Jane Digby, the Mitford Girls, Betty Cynthia Pack, and Bess of Hardwick. She resides in the English county of Hampshire.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781681778891 |
| ISBN 10 | 1681778890 |
| Title | The Riviera Set |
| Author | Mary S Lovell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pegasus Books |
| Year published | 2018-09-11 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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