The first biography in over thirty years of Condé Nast, the pioneering publisher of Vogue and Vanity Fair and main rival to media magnate William Randolph Hearst.
Born and raised in the United States, Susan Ronald is a British-American biographer and historian of eight books, including A Dangerous Woman, Hitler's Art Thief, and Heretic Queen. She lives in rural England with her writer husband.
Praise for Condé Nast: "In her new biography, Susan Ronald
describes [Nast's] ambitions and excesses, and the simultaneously
fashionable and intellectual world he inhabited." --The New
Republic "Groundbreaking...This big, glittering book provides a
full and human portrait of Condé Nast. Lively, detailed
descriptions of the early decades of the 20th century complete the
setting of Nast's life story." --Christian Science Monitor
"Ronald's account succeeds as a social history of this fizzy time
as she documents the interconnected worlds covered by Vogue and
Vanity Fair -- fashion, high society, literature, the arts and
entertainment -- from writers Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley of
the Algonquin Round Table to New York socialites won over by Nast's
charm offensive." --Newsday "With her breezy, gossipy style, Ronald
brings to life the story of the influential American publisher and
his magazines." --Library Journal "[Ronald] does an exceptional job
of integrating the story of Nast's personal fortunes and
misfortunes and the lives of those he sought to refine and
educate." --Booklist "The thoroughly researched story of Condé
Nast...a highly flattering biography of an important figure in
American publishing." --Kirkus Reviews "Ronald writes in a vivid,
sparkling, amused style...and revels in the era's repartee, clothes
and gossip. ...her evocation of the vibrant scene around [Nast]
will keep readers entertained." --Publishers Weekly
Praise for A Dangerous Woman:
"Energetic...Ronald's group portrait is breath-taking and quite
modern." --New York Times Book Review "A lively picture of the
world in which Florence moved, with all its intricate financial
shenanigans, rivalrous investors and glittering social occasions."
--Wall Street Journal "Ronald traces Gould's amoral life and
high-flying times...elegant and beautiful, she used sex and charm
as her currency, trading them for favors and luxuries that let her
sail through the war years unscathed." --New York Post Praise for
Hitler's Art Thief:
"[A] riveting portrait of Gurlitt, who detested the Nazis, and
stole from them, but did their bidding in the name of 'saving
modern art'." --The New Yorker "Susan Ronald situates Gurlitt's
life and career amid the turmoil of Weimar Germany and then the
evolution of Nazi art-looting campaigns from the late 1930s to the
end of World War II. Ms. Ronald, a popular historian, presents many
new details about Gurlitt's dealings." --The Wall Street Journal
"Susan Ronald's new book tells the back story of what may be the
most startling art-world bust in modern history." --USA Today
"Susan Ronald chronicles one man's extraordinary career of
thievery...an exhaustively researched and well written book that
has a cautionary tale for all of us." --Forbes
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