Lisa Chaney

Recounts the life of the famous designer, from her childhood as an orphan to her reign as the queen of the fashion world, highlighting lesser known aspects of her life along the way.

An Intimate Life

Coco Chanel

A fascinating and emotional biography of the man who created Peter Pan. When James Matthew Barrie died, in 1937, his funeral was an occasion for national mourning. Crowds gathered, reporters came to record the day, and many well-known figures followed the coffin to the churchyard. Later, a memorial service was held at St. Paul’s Cathedral for the Scottish weaver’s son who died Britain’s playwright extraordinaire. A succession of novels and long-running plays had brought Barrie enormous wealth and critical acclaim. His public following extended to Hollywood where his work was performed by the stars of the silver screen. Unhappily such achievements did little to ameliorate the strains in Barrie’s private life. Hampered by a stigmatizing divorce, he was also struck by a series of tragic bereavements from which he never fully recovered. While savouring his public image, Barrie gave no more than a handful of interviews. During his lifetime this inscrutable, enigmatic man succeeded in his desire to remain only partially known. Barrie was already famous for sophisticated political satires and social comedies when, with the creation of Peter Pan, his immense artistic gift was displayed at its extraordinary best. It became a part of the common culture of the Western world, and is as relevant today as on that first performance one hundred years ago.

A Life of J.M. Barrie

Hide-and-seek with Angels

A provocative and revealing account of Chanel that explores her dalliances with bisexuality, drugs and an affair with a Nazi spy. Coco Chanel was many things to many people. Raised in emotional and financial poverty, she became one of the defining figures of the twentieth century. She was mistress to aristocrats, artists and spies. She broke rules of style and decorum, seducing both men and women, yet in her work expected the highest standards. She took a 'plaything' and turned it into a global industry which defined the modern woman. Filled with new insights and thrilling discoveries, Lisa Chaney's Chanel provides the most defining and provocative portrait yet. 'An unflinching examination of the historically inscrutable designer.' Vogue 'Chaney is adept at elucidating Chanel's paradoxical character. A nuanced account of a contradictory, complex, quite extraordinary life.' The Times Higher Education Supplement 'Chaney ably explores the complexities and inner life of her subjec.t' The Times Literary Supplement

Chanel

"Odnalezione po latach listy i pamiętniki odkrywają największą tajemnicę Coco Chanel. On był szarmancki i uwodzicielski. Ona, choć miała wątpliwości, czy powinna zadawać się z Niemcem, nie mogła się mu oprzeć. Trwała wojna. Coco Chanel i baron von Dincklage zostali kochankami. Ich romans był na językach całego Paryża. Czy słusznie oskarżono ją o kolaborację? Czy świadomie związała się z niemieckim szpiegiem? Kim byli jej adoratorzy i jakimi uczuciami obdarzała bliskie jej kobiety? To tylko przedsmak tajemnic projektantki. Lisa Chaney dotarła do niepublikowanych wcześniej pamiętników i listów miłosnych Chanel. Dzięki nim Coco Chanel. Życie intymne to podróż w dotychczas nieznany i niedostępny świat. Zakazana miłość, narkotyki i sekrety artystycznej bohemy. Tego nie ma w żadnej innej książce o Coco Chanel."

A Biography

Elizabeth David

In Chanel: An Intimate Life, acclaimed biographer Lisa Chaney tells the controversial story of the fashion icon who starred in her tumultuous era Coco Chanel was many things to many people. Raised in emotional and financial poverty, she became one of the defining figures of the twentieth century. She was mistress to aristocrats, artists and spies. She broke rules of style and decorum, seducing both men and women, yet in her work expected the highest standards. She took a 'plaything' and turned it into a global industry which defined the modern woman. Filled with new insights and thrilling discoveries, Lisa Chaney's Chanel provides the most defining and provocative portrait yet. 'Chaney's research is laudable, uncovering fresh details of Chanel's well-trodden rag trade to riches story' Evening Standard 'An unflinching examination of the historically inscrutable designer' Vogue Lisa Chaney has lectured and tutored in the history of art and literature, made TV and radio broadcasts on the history of culture, and reviewed and written for journals and newspapers, including The SundayTimes, the Spectator and the Guardian. She is the author of two previous biographies: Elizabeth David and Hide-and-Seek With Angels: The Life of J.M. Barrie.

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