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Once Upon a Time World The Dark and Sparkling Story of the French Riviera - Jonathan Miles 2023 EPUB Pegasus Books BOOKS HISTORY
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Once Upon a Time World The Dark and Sparkling Story of the French Riviera
Author: Jonathan Miles
Year: 2023
Format: EPUB
File size: 28 MB
Language: ENG

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 years between, the stretch of seaboard from the red mountains of the Esterel to the Italian border hosted a cultural phenomenon well in excess of its tiny size. A mere handful of towns and resorts created by foreign visitors - notably English, Russian and American - attracted the talented, rich and famous as well as those who wanted to be.

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