Princess Of The Savoy

Author : Olivia Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781643137391

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The Secret Life of the Savoy by Olivia Williams Pdf

The captivating story of the famed Savoy Hotel’s founders, told through three generations—and one hundred years—of glamour and high society. For the gondoliers-themed birthday dinner, the hotel obligingly flooded the courtyard to conjure the Grand Canal of Venice. Dinner was served on a silk-lined floating gondola, real swans were swimming in the water, and as a final flourish, a baby elephant borrowed from London Zoo pulled a five-foot high birthday cake. In three generations, the D'Oyly Carte family and London's Savoy Hotel pioneered the idea of the luxury hotel and the modern theater, propelled Gilbert and Sullivan to lasting stardom, made Oscar Wilde a transatlantic celebrity, inspired a P. G. Wodehouse series, and popularized early jazz, electric lights, and Art Deco. Following the history of the iconic Savoy Hotel through three generations of the D'Oyly Carte family, The Secret Life of the Savoy brings to life the extraordinary cultural legacy of the most famous hotel in the world.

Author : Ron Base,Prudence Emery
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781771623223

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Death at the Savoy by Ron Base,Prudence Emery Pdf

An atmospheric, entertaining new mystery series introducing a plucky Canadian heroine and set in the world’s most famous hotel. It’s 1968. London is in full swing and the Savoy Hotel is at the height of its legendary glitz and glamour, welcoming the rich, famous and aristocratic into its rarified world of perfection. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are squabbling in the American Bar while Noël Coward drinks champagne. Royals wait upstairs in luxurious suites for discreet encounters. In short, all is as it should be at the Savoy. If only it weren’t for the dead body in Room 705. Could it be murder at the Savoy? Impossible! Who could have done such a thing? Suspicion falls upon Priscilla Tempest, the quick-witted Canadian head of the Savoy press office who has a penchant for champagne, the wrong sort of men—and trouble. When it is discovered that Priscilla had been with the deceased—a notorious international arms dealer—the night before he was found dead, she is questioned by Scotland Yard Inspector Robert “Charger” Lightfoot and is suddenly under the unforgiving eye of her boss, the Savoy’s straitlaced general manager, Clive Banville. Her job on the line, her life in danger, Priscilla must elude the police and the general manager’s duplicitous wife, ward off the amorous advances of a famous drunken actor, and discover whether that really was a member of the royal family seen leaving the victim’s suite shortly before his body was discovered. Death at the Savoy is an intoxicating blend of mystery, suspense and humour. And it’s just the beginning!

Author : Ron Base,Prudence Emery
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-09-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1771624051

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Princess of the Savoy by Ron Base,Prudence Emery Pdf

Check back into London's posh Savoy Hotel in the swinging sixties where dark forces and murder are uninvited guests--volume 3 in the cheeky series that is now a French bestseller. Everything at London's Savoy Hotel appears to be the picture of perfection: two Italian princes are checking in and an amorous English lord is taking photographs on the rooftop. But in the Savoy Press Office, it's a different picture entirely. There, Miss Priscilla Tempest is scrambling to avoid a boss who would like to be rid of her, a threatening American gangster, and the rather thrilling star of the Tarzan movies. And it isn't long before a fascist plot, hatched in an English country estate, arrives to truly ruin her day--and threaten British democracy. In this third installment in Ron Base and Prudence Emery's beloved series, reluctant Canadian crime-fighter Priscilla Tempest joins forces with her would-be lover--the ink-stained scribe of Fleet Street, Percy Hoskins--on a danger-filled adventure to untangle a deadly web of conspiracy that could get them both killed. Sassy, suspenseful and always entertaining, Princess of the Savoy will delight readers looking to escape into a world of glamour, danger, treachery and a dead body or two--where there is always time for just one more cocktail, even when democracy itself is at stake.

Author : Marga Cottino-Jones
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781468554731

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Cristina di Savoia by Marga Cottino-Jones Pdf

Cristina di Savoia is the life story of a Royal French princess, daughter of a famous Italian Queen, Maria de Medici, and brought up at the Paris Court of Louis XIIIth. When she was married at the early age of 13, to an older Italian Prince of the Savoia dynasty, to become the Duchess of Savoy, she found herself the center of embattled cultural controversies that made her the focus of the Torino court's interests. To story possesses all the ingredients for captivating its readers, as it deals with a young, strong, and fascinating heroine, living in a political 17th Century courtly environment, that breeds intrigue, love, adventure, and war.Her refined artistic taste makes of her the inspirational source of 17th Century Piedmontese cultural revival.

Author : Maria Gabriella di Savoia,Stefano Papi
Publisher : Mondadori Electa
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 8837052405

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Jewellery of the House of Savoy by Maria Gabriella di Savoia,Stefano Papi Pdf

Margherita, Elena, and Marie Jose of Savoy were the last three queens of Italy and this volume takes a look at their lives as well as the precious jewels that accompanied them on the important occasions in their lives and of their country. In so doing, it covers over a century of Italian history.

Author : Arthur Symons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005444281

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The Savoy by Arthur Symons Pdf

An illustrated monthly.

Author : Prudence Emery
Publisher : Cormorant Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781770865280

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Nanaimo Girl by Prudence Emery Pdf

“Reading Nanaimo Girl is like enjoying a martini or three with Auntie Mame. The stories are colourful, global, boozy and just cheeky enough to make you envious — and at the same time a little concerned.” — Dana Gee, Vancouver Sun Born in Nanaimo, British Columbia in the 1930s, Prudence Emery was expected to do the right things, but shattered family expectations by going to art school in London, England, where studies sometimes took a back seat to partying. And then she found herself in the world of celebrities. From Expo 67 in Montreal to the press office at London's Savoy Hotel, Prudence met the likes of Twiggy, Noël Coward, Louis Armstrong, Petula Clark, Liza Minelli, and Edward Albee. She escorted David Frost to an interview with Sheikh Mujibar Rahman and arranged for Pierre Trudeau to attend a party where he met Barbra Streisand for the first time. It was a world so rich with stories that the Canadian Press wrote, "If ever a job was tailor-made for a book of memoirs, Prudence Emery has it." But it was just the beginning. A new career as a film publicist spanned decades and introduced her to some of Hollywood's biggest names, from Sophia Loren to Jennifer Lopez, from Peter O'Toole to Matt Damon. She worked with Nicolas Cage when he was a nervous teenager and later when he was an outgoing superstar. And she was a frequent colleague of famed director David Cronenberg. Nanaimo Girl is the story of a life well lived and an encouragement to all, young and old, to get out, defy expectations, and have a rip-roaring good time.

Author : Arthur Sullivan,W. S. Gilbert
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 739 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780141900148

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The Savoy Operas: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan by Arthur Sullivan,W. S. Gilbert Pdf

Gilbert and Sullivan’s operas are some of the world’s best-loved musical works, delighting audiences with their joyous wit, topsy-turvy logic and extravagant wordplay. This glorious treasury is the definitive annotated edition of all fourteen of their operas. From the partially lost work Thespis, the first collaboration between W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, through the triumphant comic romps The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado, to lesser-performed gems such as the fanciful The Sorcerer and the acerbic lampoon Patience, Gilbert’s libretti are collected here in their most accurate and faithful form. There is a fascinating commentary on each work, telling the extraordinary stories behind the inspiration for the opera and its performance history, and giving plot summaries and original cast lists.

Author : Edward W. Hanson
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-13
Category : Italy
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Wandering Princess by Edward W. Hanson Pdf

Helene was a strong-willed princess, raised in France but closely connected with the court of Queen Victoria. After the premature end to a romance with Victoria's grandson, she married into the royal family of Italy. However, Helene began extended adventuresome trips into Africa where she became a big-game hunter, explorer and travel writer, escaping from an unhappy marriage and the boredom of court life. Her travels took her around the world, but her sense of royal duty brought her back to nurse aboard a hospital ship in Libyan waters, then to an important role as head of the Italian Red Cross nurses during the First World War while her husband headed Italy's Third Army, and her two sons served in the artillery and the navy. Afterwards, her strong Italian nationalism made her an ally to Gabriele d'Annunzio and Benito Mussolini, but the disastrous Second World War saw her grandchildren interned in Austria and her older son die as a British prisoner-of-war while she continued her charitable work in Naples. When the country voted to become a republic in 1946, Helene was the only member of the royal family allowed to remain in Italy with her second 'secret' husband.

Author : Ron Base,Prudence Emery
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781771623469

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Scandal at the Savoy by Ron Base,Prudence Emery Pdf

The rich and famous are converging on the iconic Savoy Hotel in swinging ’60s London—including a famous Broadway producer with anger issues, a demanding Indian raja, and a gorgeous film star with certain kinky predilections. All is as it should be—until the murder of a showgirl threatens to scandalize the hotel. The list of suspects includes Priscilla Tempest, the trouble-prone Canadian head of the Savoy press office. Clearing her name would be easy enough, if only she hadn’t spent the night of the murder with a certain beguiling Canadian prime minister. Blackmailed by a Scotland Yard detective, wooed by a notorious gangster and hounded by the press, Priscilla must use wit and resourcefulness to survive the treacherous upper echelons of London society and find a killer. This is the thrilling sequel to Death at the Savoy¸ described by Publishers Weekly as “light, frothy…perfect escapist fare.”

Author : Raymond Guerini
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1981175776

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The Forgotten Savoy Princess by Raymond Guerini Pdf

"The Forgotten Savoy Princess" is the story of Princess Leina of Savoy, the only child of King Umberto II and Gelsomina Malatesta, who secretly married in Italy on the 10th of February 1926. It is also the story of the Royal Family of Italy; a murder committed by a fourteen-year-old girl; the attempted killing of the King's mistress; the Knights Templar, who acted as bodyguards for the Princess and her mother; and the treasure King Victor Emmanuel III seized from Mussolini and Hitler just before the end of the Second World War. When Italy became a republic, all male members of the monarchy were thrown out of the country. Unable to return, they could not reclaim their treasure, worth 300 billion euros, which remains in Italy.

Author : Percy Fitzgerald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B3528434

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The Savoy Opera and the Savoyards by Percy Fitzgerald Pdf

Author : Heidi Mehrkens,Frank Lorenz Müller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137454980

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Sons and Heirs by Heidi Mehrkens,Frank Lorenz Müller Pdf

Bringing together an international team of specialists, this volume considers the place of royal heirs within their families, their education and accommodation, their ability to overcome succession crises, the consequences of the death of an heir and finally the roles royal heirs played during the First World War.

Author : Charles W. Elliott
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0395605164

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Princesse of Versailles by Charles W. Elliott Pdf

Biography of the grandniece of Louis XIV and wife of the heir apparent to the throne of France.

Author : Carolyn Williams
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231148054

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Gilbert and Sullivan by Carolyn Williams Pdf

An examination of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas, and how parody was used in the culture wars of late-nineteenth-century England.