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  • The Bettencourt Affair

    The World's Richest Woman and the Scandal That Rocked Paris

    de Tom Sancton ...
    An NPR Best Book of 2017Heiress to the nearly forty-billion-dollar L’Oréal fortune, Liliane Bettencourt was the world’s richest woman and the fourteenth wealthiest person. But her gilded life took a dark yet fascinating turn in the past decade. At ninety-four, she was embroiled in what has been called the Bettencourt Affair, a scandal that dominated the headlines in France. Why? It’s a tangled web ... Leer más

    Antes $13.99 USD Ahora $11.99 USD

  • Death of a Princess

    The True Story Behind Diana's Tragic End

    de Tom Sancton, Scott Macleod ...
    For the twentieth anniversary of Diana's death, a new, updated edition of the headline-grabbing New York Times bestseller that told the definitive story of how the Princess of Wales lost her life in a high-speed car accident in the heart of Paris on August 31, 1997.What really happened on that fateful summer night? Rumors still abound: that Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed (son of wealthy ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Last Baron

    The Paris Kidnapping That Brought Down an Empire

    de Tom Sancton ...
    A riveting, on-the-edge-of-your-seat tale about the notorious 1978 kidnapping of Baron Édouard-Jean “Wado” Empain, intertwined with the story of his famous grandfather, the first baron and builder of the Paris Métro. A multigenerational saga told against the backdrops of both Belle Époque and 1970s high-fashion Paris.What does it take to create a dynasty? What does it take to keep one going? And ... Leer más

    Antes $6.99 USD Ahora $5.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Sweet Land of Liberty

    America in the Mind of the French Left, 1848–1871

    de Tom Sancton ...
    In Sweet Land of Liberty, Tom Sancton examines how the French left perceived and used the image of the United States against the backdrop of major historical developments in both countries between the Revolution of 1848 and the Paris Commune of 1871. Along the way, he weaves in the voices of scores of French observers—including those of everyday French citizens as well as those of prominent ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Song for My Fathers

    A New Orleans Story in Black and White

    de Tom Sancton ...
    Song for My Fathers is the story of a young white boy driven by aconsuming passion to learn the music and ways of a group of agingblack jazzmen in the twilight years of the segregation era.Contemporaries of Louis Armstrong, most of them had played in localobscurity until Preservation Hall launched a nationwide revival ofinterest in traditional jazz. They called themselves “the mens.” Andthey ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

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    The Bettencourt Affair

    The World's Richest Woman and the Scandal That Rocked Paris (t)

    de Tom Sancton ...
    Narrado por Amanda Carlin ...

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    13 hora 51 minutos

    An NPR Best Book of 2017Heiress to the nearly forty-billion-dollar L’Oréal fortune, Liliane Bettencourt was the world’s richest woman and the fourteenth wealthiest person. But her gilded life took a dark yet fascinating turn in the past decade. At ninety-four, she was embroiled in what has been called the Bettencourt Affair, a scandal that dominated the headlines in France. Why? It’s a tangled web ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

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    The Last Baron

    The Paris Kidnapping That Brought Down an Empire

    de Tom Sancton ...
    Narrado por Arthur Morey ...

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    9 hora 33 minutos

    A riveting, on-the-edge-of-your-seat tale about the notorious 1978 kidnapping of Baron Édouard-Jean “Wado” Empain, intertwined with the story of his famous grandfather, the first baron and builder of the Paris Métro. A multigenerational saga told against the backdrops of both Belle Époque and 1970s high-fashion Paris.What does it take to create a dynasty? What does it take to keep one going? And ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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    Last Castle, The

    The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home

    de Denise Kiernan ...
    Narrado por Denise Kiernan ...

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    10 hora 18 minutos

    From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Girls of Atomic City comes the fascinating true story behind the magnificent Gilded Age mansion Biltmore—the largest, grandest residence ever built in the United States.Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York’s best known families. She grew up in Newport and Paris, and her engagement and marriage to ... Leer más

    $42.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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    Bunny Mellon

    The Life of an American Style Legend

    de Meryl Gordon ...
    Narrado por Vanessa Cortland ...

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    17 hora 31 minutos

    A biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history, operating in the high-level arenas of politics, diplomacy, art and fashion.Bunny Mellon, who died in 2014 at age 103, was press-shy during her lifetime. With the co-operation of Bunny Mellon's family, author ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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    The Riviera Set

    Glitz, Glamour, and the Hidden World of High Society

    de Mary S. Lovell ...
    Narrado por Jill Rolls ...

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    10 hora 51 minutos

    The Riviera Set reveals the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped, and politicked at the Château de l'Horizon near Cannes, over the course of forty years from the time when Coco Chanel made southern French tans fashionable in the twenties to the death of the playboy Prince Aly Khan in 1960.At the heart of dynamic group was the amazing Maxine Elliott, the daughter of a ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

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    The Vanity Fair Diaries

    1983 - 1992

    de Tina Brown ...
    Narrado por Tina Brown ...

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    16 hora 41 minutos

    This program is read by the author.“The audiobook, which Brown narrates, reveals shades of personality that may not come through as vividly in print; and Brown’s British accent enriches the listener’s imaginings of what she was like as a boss.” — The New YorkerTina Brown kept delicious daily diaries throughout her eight spectacular years as editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair. Today they provide an ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

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    Wallis in Love

    The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy

    de Andrew Morton ...
    Narrado por Molly Parker Myers ...

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    12 hora 11 minutos

    For fans of the Netflix series The Crown and from the author of the New York Times bestseller 17 Carnations comes a captivating biography of Wallis Simpson, the notorious woman for whom Edward VIII gave up the throne."You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance." -- Wallis SimpsonBefore she became known as the woman who enticed a king from his throne and birthright, Bessie Wallis ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

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