The Riviera set : glitz, glamour, and the hidden world of high society

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Title:

The Riviera set : glitz, glamour, and the hidden world of high society

Author:

Lovell, Mary S., author.

Personal Author:

Lovell, Mary S., author.

Edition:

First Pegasus books hardcover edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.

Physical Description:

viii, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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.

Language:

English

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.

Personal Subject:

Elliott, Maxine, 1868-1940-Friends and associates.

Khan, Aly Solomone-Friends and associates.

Corporate Subject:

Chateau de l'Horizon -- History.

Subject Term:

Socialites -- France -- Riviera -- History -- 20th century.

Aristocracy (Social class) -- France -- Riviera -- History -- 20th century.

Celebrities -- France -- Riviera -- History -- 20th century.

Rich people -- France -- History.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Rich & Famous.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women.