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The once upon a time world : the dark and sparkling story of the French Riviera

The once upon a time world : the dark and sparkling story of the French Riviera

Miles, Jonathan, author.
Book 2023

"Chronicling two-hundred years of glamour, intrigue, and hedonism, this rich and vivid history of the French Riviera features a vast cast of characters, from Pablo Picasso and Coco Chanel to Andre Matisse and James Baldwin. 1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes, introducing bathing and the manicured lawn to the wilds of the Mediterranean coast. Today, much of that shore has become a concrete mass from which escape is an exclusive dream. In the 185 y...

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Riviera (France) History
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ISBN:
9781639364954
Edition:
First Pegasus Books cloth edition
Description:
455 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), photographs ; 24 cm
Other Title:
Dark and sparkling story of the French Riviera
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Jagged, Tormented and Tiny
This 'Wild and Tremendous Region of the Globe'
'Bathing in Sunshine', 1835-60
A Welcome to the World, 1860-90
The Belle Époque, 1890-1914
Painting the Warmth of the Sun
The First World War, 1914-18
'The British-American Riviera Colony', 1922-9
Losing Paradise, 1930-9
Refugees and Resistance, 1939-45
Glitz, 1945-60
Sunny But Shady, 1960-90
White, Concrete Coast, 1990-2023
LCCN:
bl2023064546
Control Number:
3276986
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