{"product_id":"023c72a6-e952-11eb-e2fd-5555b48f1c8b","title":"Chanel's Riviera: Life, Love and the Struggle for Survival on the Cote d'Azur, 1930-1944.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Price $27.99 publishers \u003cem\u003errp $37.99\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBestselling social historian Anne de Courcy reveals the glamour and grit of the Second World War on the French Riviera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFar from worrying about the onset of war, in the spring of 1938 the burning question on the French Riviera was whether one should curtsey to the Duchess of Windsor. Few of those who had settled there thought much about what was going on in the rest of Europe. It was a golden, glamorous life, far removed from politics or conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eFeaturing a sparkling cast of artists, writers and historical figures including Winston Churchill, Daisy Fellowes, Salvador Dali, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Eileen Gray and Edith Wharton, with the enigmatic Coco Chanel at its heart, CHANEL'S RIVIERA is a captivating account of a period that saw some of the deepest extremes of luxury and terror in the whole of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Chanel's first summer at her Roquebrune villa La Pausa (in the later years with her German lover) amid the glamour of the pre-war parties and casinos in Antibes, Nice and Cannes to the horrors of evacuation and the displacement of thousands of families during the Second World War, CHANEL'S RIVIERA explores the fascinating world of the Cote d'Azur elite in the 1930s and 1940s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eEnriched with much original research, it is social history that brings the experiences of both rich and poor, protected and persecuted, to vivid life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistory and Archaeology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnne de Courcy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e304 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 232mm W: 152mm Spine: 26mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 420 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42125460340886,"sku":"9781474608206","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/products\/jacket---2022-09-16T152515-888.jpg?v=1663300218","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/products\/023c72a6-e952-11eb-e2fd-5555b48f1c8b","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}