The Riviera Set: Glitz, Glamour, and the Hidden World of High

The Riviera Set: Glitz, Glamour, and the Hidden World of High Society

The author of the bestselling The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford FamilyÂ brings her trademark brio and relish to the charming and fascinating world of the ChÃ¢teau de l'Horizon on the French Riviera

The Riviera Set reveals the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the ChÃ¢teau 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 ChÃ¢teau 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 ChÃ¢teau 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.
Country USA
Manufacturer Pegasus Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-09-05
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Pegasus Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-09-05
Format	Kindle eBook

The Riviera Set: Glitz, Glamour, and the Hidden World of High Society

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