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1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 52 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Jill Rolls. |
| Summary |
The Riviera Set reveals the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped, and politicked at the Château 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 Château 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 Château 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 Hayworth. 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. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Elliott, Maxine, 1868-1940 -- Friends and associates.
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Khan, Aly Solomone -- Friends and associates.
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Chateau de l'Horizon -- History.
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Socialites -- France -- Riviera -- History -- 20th century.
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- France -- Riviera -- History -- 20th century.
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Celebrities -- France -- Riviera -- History -- 20th century.
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Rich people -- France -- History.
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France, Southern -- 20th century -- History.
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Riviera (France) -- 20th century -- History.
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Riviera (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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Rolls, Jill.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781977320711 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1977320716 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12023026 |
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