{"product_id":"the-restless-years-cecil-beaton-9781912546411","title":"The Restless Years: 1955-63","description":"\u003cb\u003eA classic six-volume memoir of the twentieth century, spanning through the Second World War, the Golden Age of Hollywood and the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSir Cecil Beaton (1904 -1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, painter, diarist and Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Thirty-five years ago I could think of nothing more wonderful than going to Hollywood to work on designing a great film. But Hollywood has changed and so have I.\" \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeaton's fifth volume covers 1955-63. He travels the world, visiting exotic locales and also Paris, New York, and Los Angeles. Friends like Diana Vreeland, Truman Cooper, and Greta Garbo make repeat appearances. He also recounts a grand ball given by Barbara Hutton in Tangier and an argument with Alfred Hitchcock at a movie screening hosted by Edie Goetz. There are descriptions of visits with Coco Chanel and Prince Felix Youssoupoff in which not one fascinating detail goes unnoticed by him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE RESTLESS YEARS is the fifth volume of \u003ci\u003eCecil Beaton's Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, a personal memoir of the twentieth century, covering famous artists and photographers, political figures, socialites, the rich \u0026amp; famous and movie stars. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for fans of THE CROWN, LOVE, CECIL, fashion photography, artist's memoirs, and twentieth-century history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'it is an \u003cb\u003eexceptionally sensitive and perceptive\u003c\/b\u003e record by a man who is an artist to his fingertips - an artist who is master not only of the highlights but of the shadows' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One could go on reading him forever' - \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'His is \u003cb\u003ea superb diarist\u003c\/b\u003e, comparable to the best in our language' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks and Bookmen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wise, witty and perceptive' - \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Fascinating and well-written, and deserves to be read as an insight into a period and of someone who was very much part of it' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWestern Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'One of the unassailables of our time' -\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Daily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e***PLEASE NOTE THIS NEW EDITION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PHOTOGRAPHS PRESENT IN THE ORIGINAL HARDBACK EDITION*** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCECIL BEATON'S DIARIES SERIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 1: THE WANDERING YEARS: 1922-39\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 2: THE YEARS BETWEEN: 1939-44\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 3: THE HAPPY YEARS: 1944-8\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 4: THE STRENUOUS YEARS: 1948-55\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOK 5: THE RESTLESS YEARS: 1955-63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 6: THE PARTING YEARS: 1963-74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cecil Beaton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912546418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912546411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sapere Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.60d","brand":"Cecil Beaton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46974767071487,"sku":"9781912546411","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_adf20a39-8c0c-4622-af9e-86e64cabd241.jpg?v=1750875988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-restless-years-cecil-beaton-9781912546411","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}