Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-408) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Riviera set

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

975954047

Responsibility statement

Mary S. Lovell

Sub title

glitz, glamour, and the hidden world of high society

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

Classification