{"product_id":"the-once-upon-a-time-jonathan-miles-9781639364954","title":"The Once Upon a Time World: The Dark and Sparkling Story of the French Riviera","description":"\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editor's Choice*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChronicling two-hundred years of glamour, intrigue, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehedonism, this rich and vivid history of the French Riviera features a vast cast of characters, from Pablo Picasso and Coco Chanel to Andre Matisse and James Baldwin.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes, introducing bathing and the manicured lawn to the wilds of the Mediterranean coast. Today, much of that shore has become a concrete mass from which escape is an exclusive dream. In the 185 years between, the stretch of seaboard from the red mountains of the Esterel to the Italian border hosted a cultural phenomenon well in excess of its tiny size. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A mere handful of towns and resorts created by foreign visitors - notably English, Russian and American - attracted the talented, rich and famous as well as those who wanted to be. For nearly two centuries of creativity, luxury, excess, scandal, war and corruption, the dark and sparkling world of the Riviera was a temptation for everybody who was anybody. Often frivolous, it was also a potent cultural matrix that inspired the likes of Picasso, Matisse, Coco Chanel, Scott Fitzgerald, Cole Porter, James Baldwin, Catherine Mansfield, Sartre and Stravinsky. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Time World, \u003c\/i\u003eJonathan Miles presents the remarkable story of the small strip of French coast that lured the world to its shores. It is a wild and unforgettable tale that follows the Riviera's transformation from paradise and wilderness to a pollution imperiled concrete jungle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Miles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639364951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639364954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.22w x 1.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 pg. 28","brand":"Jonathan Miles","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44133112938751,"sku":"9781639364954","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_33acc5b2-7c26-43dd-b29c-6620b13d41f4.jpg?v=1687484156","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-once-upon-a-time-jonathan-miles-9781639364954","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}