Coco Chanel: An Intimate Life - Hardcover

Chaney, Lisa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670023094 ISBN 13: 9780670023097

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2011

Synopsis

Rare Book

About this title

Review:

"The most thoroughly fleshed out of the new books about Chanel. . . . Ms. Chaney takes care to give detailed context all the way along, but not so much that she pulls us off the path. One appreciates her elegant tutorials." -- The Wall Street Journal

"Stuffed with just-so details as it sketches the arc of a remarkable life." -- Harper's Magazine

"Relying on newly released love letters, private diaries, and reminiscences . . . and using Chanel's own words wherever possible, Chaney reveals the woman behind the icon. . . . Most important here is Chaney's insight into Chanel's role in creating the modern, independent woman." -- Library Journal

"Chaney's engagement with her subject is evident throughout, and her exhaustive research into Chanel's life--especially its darker, more enigmatic corners--and the cultural history she so profoundly impacted make the book as fascinating as it is informative." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Deeply researched, Chaney's enthralling biography unearths previously unavailable sources to reveal the elementally conflicted yet unequivocally gifted woman whose name will always be synonymous with sophistication and originality." -- Booklist

About the Author:

Lisa Chaney is the author most recently of Hide and Seek with Angels: A Life of J. M. Barrie. She formerly taught at Oxford, has broadcast on the history of culture for British TV and radio, and has written for newspapers such as The Guardian and The Independent. She currently lives in York, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0670023094
• ISBN 13: 9780670023097
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448