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

"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 manicur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Miles, Jonathan, 1952- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Pegasus Books, Ltd., 2023
Edition:	First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Subjects:	Riviera (France) > History. Riviera (France) > Social life and customs. Visitors, Foreign > France > Riviera > History. Riviera (France) > Intellectual life. Côte d'Azur (France) > Histoire. Côte d'Azur (France) > Mœurs et coutumes. Visiteurs étrangers > France > Côte d'Azur > Histoire. Côte d'Azur (France) > Vie intellectuelle. HISTORY / Europe / France. Riviera (France) Informational works. Documents d'information.

Table of Contents:

Jagged, tormented and tiny
This 'wild and tremendous region of the globe'
'Bathing in sunshine', 1835-1860
Welcome to the world, 1860-90
Belle Époque, 1890-1914
Painting the warmth of the sun
- First World War, 1914-18
'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
Notes
Bibliographyy
Acknowledgmentss
Illustrations
Index.