Author : Mary Beal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Art
ISBN : UIUC:30112024218411
British Embassy, Paris
Mary Beal
British Embassy Paris
British Embassy Paris Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of British Embassy Paris book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
The British Ambassador's Residence in Paris
Tim Knox
Author : Tim Knox
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Design
ISBN : 9782080200785
The British Ambassador's Residence in Paris by Tim Knox Pdf
This beautifully illustrated book celebrates the British Ambassador's Residence in Paris, one of the most splendid historic homes in the French capital and the most impressive of all British ambassadorial residences abroad. The author, Tim Knox, charts the stirring story of the house, from its origins as the home of the Ducs de Charost, to its opulent heyday under Napoleon's sister, Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese, much of whose luxurious furniture and decoration survives intact. Since 1814, when Pauline sold the house to the 1st Duke of Wellington, the mansion has served as the residence of successive British Ambassadors to France, who altered the house to suit their taste and character, notably Sir Duff Cooper and his beautiful wife, Lady Diana, whose Empire-style study is still redolent of their brilliant social circle in Post-War Paris. This beautiful house in the rue du Faubourg St Honoré, furnished with masterpieces of French Empire furniture and decorative arts, English silver, and paintings by British artists, remains a splendid, but hard-working setting for promoting the Franco-British relationship.
The Paris Embassy
R. Pastor-Castro,J. Young
Author : R. Pastor-Castro,J. Young
Publisher : Springer
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137318299
The Paris Embassy by R. Pastor-Castro,J. Young Pdf
This collection of essays looks at Anglo-French relations from the Second World War to the advent of Margaret Thatcher's government in a new light, focusing on the work of Britain's ambassadors to France. In particular, it looks at moves towards deeper European integration, a key theme in twentieth century British foreign policy.
The Paris Embassy
Beckles Willson
Author : Beckles Willson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Ambassadors
ISBN : IND:32000009877087
The Paris Embassy by Beckles Willson Pdf
British Embassies
James Stourton
Author : James Stourton
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781781012437
British Embassies by James Stourton Pdf
A unique and glamorous book about British Imperial and post-Imperial architecture and a lively and evocative read for anyone interested in the international projection of British power and culture. British Embassies have a special role in our history. They represent our country in bricks and stone and have often expressed – at least in the eyes of foreigners – our national character. Whether they are Lutyens buildings in Washington, grand palaces in Europe, beautiful old colonial buildings in Asia, or secure compounds in the Middle East, they all have stories to tell and reveal the changing face of British diplomacy. A mixture of history, architectural description, diplomacy and anecdote, this large format picture book covers Residences and embassies in twenty-six countries to provide an authoritative text, accompanied by newly commissioned photography.
The Paris Embassy
Cynthia Gladwyn
Author : Cynthia Gladwyn
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015051403189
The Paris Embassy by Cynthia Gladwyn Pdf
The Paris Embassy of Sir Eric Phipps
John Herman
Author : John Herman
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105024924768
The Paris Embassy of Sir Eric Phipps by John Herman Pdf
Based on original research in British and French archives, this work details the Paris years and explores Phipps's recognition of French economic, political, and military weakness that propelled him into interfering in their internal affairs. It also discusses the ambassador's zeal for Chamberlain's policies, his machinations of the Spanish Civil War, his role as an anti- appeaser in Berlin, and his role as a defeatist appeaser in Paris. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
British Writers and Paris: 1830-1875
Elisabeth Jay
Author : Elisabeth Jay
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191074745
British Writers and Paris: 1830-1875 by Elisabeth Jay Pdf
'A wicked and detestable place, though wonderfully attractive': Charles Dickens's conflicted feelings about Paris typify the fascination and repulsion with which a host of mid-nineteenth-century British writers viewed their nearest foreign capital. Variously perceived as the showcase for sophisticated, cosmopolitan talent, the home of revolution, a stronghold of Roman Catholicism, and a shrine to irreligious hedonism, Paris was also a city where writers were respected and journalism flourished. This historically-grounded account of the ways in which Paris touched the careers and work of both major and minor Victorian writers considers both their actual experiences of an urban environment, distinctively different from anything Britain offered, and the extent to which this became absorbed and expressed within the Victorian imaginary. Casting a wide literary net, the first part of this book explores these writers' reaction to the swiftly changing politics and topography of Paris, before considering the nature of their social interactions with the Parisians, through networks provided by institutions such as the British Embassy and the salons. The second part of the book examines the significance of Paris for mid-nineteenth-century Anglophone journalists., paying particular attention to the ways in which the young Thackeray's exposure to Parisian print culture shaped him as both writer and artist. The final part focuses on fictional representations of Paris, revealing the frequency with which they relied upon previous literary sources, and how the surprisingly narrow palette of subgenres, structures and characters they employed contributed to the characteristic, and sometimes contradictory, prejudices of a swiftly-growing British readership.
1000 Years of Annoying the French
Stephen Clarke
Author : Stephen Clarke
Publisher : McArthur & Co
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781770870819
1000 Years of Annoying the French by Stephen Clarke Pdf
The English Channel may be only twenty miles wide, but it’s a thousand years deep. Stephen Clarke takes a penetrating look into those murky depths, guiding us through all the times when Britain and France have been at war - or at least glowering at each other across what the Brits provocatively call the English Channel. Along the way he explodes a few myths that French historians have been trying to pass off as ‘la vérité’, as he proves that the French did not invent the baguette, or the croissant, or even the guillotine, and would have taken the bubbles out of bubbly if the Brits hadn’t created a fashion for fizzy champagne.Starting with the Norman (not French) Conquest and going right up to the supposedly more peaceful present, when a state visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy becomes a series of hilarious historical insults, it is a light-hearted - but impeccably researched - account of all our great fallings-out. In short, the French are quite right to suspect that the last thousand years have been one long British campaign to infuriate them. And it’s not over yet ...
The London Diplomatic List
Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Author : Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Diplomatic and consular service
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117353776
The London Diplomatic List by Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office Pdf
France and the Politics of European Economic and Monetary Union
V. Caton
Author : V. Caton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137409171
France and the Politics of European Economic and Monetary Union by V. Caton Pdf
Why did France, with its strong sense of national identity, want to give up the Franc for the Euro? This book, by a former British diplomat in Paris, draws on new archive evidence to explore France's drive for European Economic and Monetary Union, and how unresolved Franco-German tensions over its design led to crisis.
American Lady
Caroline de Margerie
Author : Caroline de Margerie
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780143124139
American Lady by Caroline de Margerie Pdf
The fascinating story of one of the grand dames of Georgetown society and a true Washington insider Henry Kissinger once remarked that more agreements were concluded in the living room of Susan Mary Alsop than in the White House. A descendent of Founding Father John Jay, Susan Mary was an American aristocrat whose first marriage gave her full access to post-war diplomatic social life in Paris. There, her circle of friends included Winston Churchill, Isaiah Berlin, Evelyn Waugh, and Christian Dior, among other luminaries, and she had a passionate love affair with British ambassador Duff Cooper. During the golden years of John F. Kennedy’s presidency—after she had married the powerful journalist Joe Alsop—her Washington home was a gathering place for everyone of importance, including Katharine Graham, Robert McNamara, and Henry Kissinger. Dubbed “the second lady of Camelot,” she hosted dinner parties that were the epitome of political power and social arrival, bringing together the movers and shakers not just of the United States, but of the world. Featuring an introduction by Susan Mary Alsop’s goddaughter Frances FitzGerald, American Lady is a fascinating chronicle of a woman who witnessed, as Nancy Mitford once said, “history on the boil.”
To the One I Love the Best
Ludwig Bemelmans
Author : Ludwig Bemelmans
Publisher : Pushkin Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781782277934
To the One I Love the Best by Ludwig Bemelmans Pdf
A witty and charming account of the wildly entertaining Elsie de Wolfe in 1950s Hollywood, recounted by her dear friend, the beloved creator of Madeline Ludwig Bemelmans’ charming intergenerational friendship with the late-in-life “First Lady of Interior Decoration” provides an enormously enjoyable nostalgia trip to the sun-soaked glamour of Los Angeles, where de Wolfe surrounded herself with classic movie stars and a luminous parade of life's oddities. With hilarity and mischief that de Wolfe would no doubt approve, To the One I Love the Best lifts the curtain on 1950s Hollywood--a bygone world of extravagance and eccentricity, where the parties are held in circus tents and populated by ravishing movie stars. Bemelmans, who was working at MGM, had originally come to the California home of de Wolfe just for cocktails but by the end of the night, he was firmly established as a member of the family: given a bedroom in their sumptuous house, invitations to the most outrageous parties in Hollywood, and the friendship of the larger-than-life woman known to her closest friends simply as 'Mother'. To the One I Love the Best (which refers to de Wolfe’s dog) is a touching tribute to a fabulously funny woman and an American icon. Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you. - Elsie de Wolfe
Paris and Its Environs
Augustus Pugin
Author : Augustus Pugin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1831
Category : Paris (France)
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000120693
Paris and Its Environs by Augustus Pugin Pdf
The Architecture of Diplomacy
Anthony Seldon,Daniel Collings
Author : Anthony Seldon,Daniel Collings
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9782081519541
The Architecture of Diplomacy by Anthony Seldon,Daniel Collings Pdf
Renowned biographer Anthony Seldon invites the reader into the day-to-day life of an internationally important diplomatic seat. A winning formula across the board, this book cannot fail to enthrall those interested in art, horticulture, interior design, architecture, history, diplomacy, politics, and "the special relationship", as we are given a sneak-peek into the day-to-day life, past and present, of the Residence.