Anne de Courcy is the author of several widely acclaimed works of social history and biography, including THE HUSBAND HUNTERS, MARGOT AT WAR, THE FISHING FLEET, THE VICEROY'S DAUGHTERS and DEBS AT WAR. She lives in London and Gloucestershire.
Praise for Chanel's Riviera:
"Intoxicating descriptions...of Chanel's life, specifically her
fashion innovations and love affairs, are woven throughout the
book...But glamour on the Riviera would soon give way to a fight
for survival." --New York Times Book Review
"A history of the Cote d'Azur, from the frivolity and decadence of
its post-Jazz Age heyday to the terror and desperation of World War
II." --Wall Street Journal "De Courcy's book is entertaining...a
peek, at once envious and satisfyingly censorious, at the
lifestyles of the rich and famous." --The Washington Post "Dishy
and well-researched...this fluidly written history succeeds in
capturing the era's intoxicating mix of glitz and grit."
--Publishers Weekly
"De Courcy deploys gleaming, well-chosen details to make Chanel's
Riviera as vivid and entertaining as a novel. Her careful research,
coupled with her polished narrative style, illuminates an era of
opulence and starvation, of heroes and collaborators, in a world
that soared high and swiftly plummeted." --Shelf Awareness "De
Courcy is adept at describing displays of opulence, and proves
equally capable when portraying the deprivations and reversals of
fortune occasioned by the onset of WWII...this will be popular with
royal watchers, fashionistas, and readers who relish the
international social scene." --Booklist "A gleaming social history
of the French Riviera in the 1930s...[a] lovingly researched
portrait of paradise." --Kirkus Reviews "Love a bit of real-life
sex, disappointment and scandal from some of the 20th century's
biggest icons all set against an impossibly luxurious and elegant
French backdrop? Then Anne De Courcy's biography of a very select
time and place is for you...You'll come away from reading it both
better informed and utterly transported." --Stylist, Best Summer
Books 2019 (UK) "[A] sparkling, anecdote-rich narrative." --The
Times (UK) "A well-researched and compelling story...Drawing on an
immense volume of material, [de Courcy] has succeeded not only in
constructing an intriguing portrait of Chanel herself but also in
expertly conjuring the two very different worlds that then existed
side by side." --Selina Hastings, Literary Review (UK)
"[A] gripping, rousing study." --Daily Telegraph (UK)
'Entertaining...This book is stuffed with...bizarre anecdotes and
gossip. Anne de Courcy makes a highly amusing guide to the
shenanigans, foibles and affairs of the rich and famous." -- Anne
Sebba, History Today
Praise for The Husband Hunters:
"[The American heiresses] were just what was needed to shake the
cocktail and bring some pizazz to the party. De Courcy conjures it
all with skill." --New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice "A
true account of the women who inspired Downton Abbey."--Vanity Fair
"Witty and well researched, Anne de Courcy brings to colorful,
dramatic life these dollar princesses whose vast fortunes propelled
them to glittering trans-Atlantic marriages that captivated
international society."--Daisy Goodwin, New York Times bestselling
author of The Fortune Hunter "Anglophiles fascinated by the
intricate tribal codes of the British upper classes will find
plenty to feed their interest." --Boston Globe "Vanderbilts,
Astors, Churchills, Marlboroughs; diamonds, tiaras, yachts,
mansions; all are documented in glorious detail and should satisfy
those readers with insatiable thirst for all things
peerage."--Booklist "Downton Abbey fans will swoon over this trip
through the privileged turn-of-the-century world of cash, class,
and coronets...De Courcy brings the Victorian and Edwardian eras
vibrantly to life with her meticulously well-researched book,
conveyed in an approachable prose style...A highly readable social
history that contains all of the juicy drama of a prime-time soap
opera." -Kirkus Reviews "Amusing [and] breezily readable."
--Washington Times
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