Inventing Elsa Maxwell : how an irrepressible nobody conquered high society, Hollywood, the press, and the world /
Sam. Staggs
Bok · Engelsk · 2012 · Biographies.
| Utgitt | New York : : St. Martin's Press, , 2012.
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| Omfang | viii, 340 p., [32] p. of plates : : ill. ;
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | The sun never sets on Elsa Maxwell -- The duchess of Keokuk -- An oasis of civilization in the California desert -- Where were you at 5:13 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906? -- Now voyager, sail thou forth -- Send me a tenor -- I've written a letter to mother -- Dickie -- A night at the suffragist opera -- Fifty million Frenchmen -- A perfect blendship -- A funny thing happened on the way to Versailles -- A footnote as big as the Ritz -- I love the nightlife -- Jean, Joy, and Noel -- Noblesse oblige -- Everything's coming up Elsa -- The guilty party -- We open in Venice -- Sunrise at Monte Carlo -- The rotunda of generous matrons -- How to become a movie star at fifty-five -- Upstaged by her own underwear -- When in doubt, give a party -- Put the blame on Elsa -- Enigma variations -- And say hello to my niece, Princess Margaret -- The Isles of Greece -- One God, one Callas -- Snakes on a plane -- Rome trembled -- Jack's guests tonight are -- Cocktails and laughter, but what comes after? -- When death occurs -- Renewer of hearts -- Dickie revisited -- Elsa's kingdom.
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| ISBN | 9780312699444. - 9781250017758
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