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Author Lovell, Mary S., author.

Title The Riviera set : glitz, glamour, and the hidden world of high society / Mary S. Lovell.

Publication Info. New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  944.9 LOVELL    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  944.94 LOVELL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  944.9 LOV    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  944.94 LOV    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  944.94 LOV    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  944.94 LOVELL    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  944.94 LOVELL    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  944.94 LOVELL    Check Shelf
Edition First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Description viii, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-408) and index.
Contents In the beginning ... Jessie Dermot -- Miss Maxine Elliott -- Hartsbourne -- Maxine's war -- Courtesans and Assignations -- Winston -- A new King -- Final fling -- The lights go out over Europe -- War on the Riviera -- Return of peace -- Prince Aly Khan -- Rita Hayworth -- "A marriage has been arranged" -- Wedding of the century -- Marital troubles -- Changes -- Causes and effects -- End of an era -- Epilogue -- Postscript.
Summary The story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the Chateau de l'Horizon near Cannes, covering a span 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.
Subject Chateau de l'Horizon -- History.
France, Southern -- 20th century -- History.
Rich people -- France -- History.
Riviera (France) -- 20th century -- History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
TRAVEL / Europe / France.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
TRAVEL / Europe / France.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 9781681775159 (hardcover)
1681775158 (hardcover)
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