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The secret life of the Savoy / Olivia Williams.
In 1889, Victorian impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte opened The Savoy, Britain's first luxury hotel. Allowing the rich to live like royalty, it attracted glamour, scandal and a cast of eccentric characters, with the D'Oyly Carte family elevated to a unique vantage point on high society. Showmen, Socialites and the Savoy will tell their story through three generations: Richard (the founder, who died in the same year as Queen Victoria), Rupert (a moderniser who saw the hotel through two world wars and the roaring twenties), and Bridget (a Queen-like figure who was one of mid-20th century Britain's wealthiest women). The book will explore their rollercoaster achievements, lifestyles and private lives, through the prism of this iconic hotel and its many distinguished guests - from Oscar Wilde to the Beatles.
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- ISBN: 9781643137384
- ISBN: 1643137387
- ISBN: 9781643139579
- ISBN: 1643139576
- Physical Description: xii, 323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, Ltd., 2021.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-307) and index. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Rolla Public Library | NF 647.9409 WIL (Text) | 38256101835761 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
The Secret Life of the Savoy : Glamour and Intrigue at the World's Most Famous Hotel
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The Secret Life of the Savoy : Glamour and Intrigue at the World's Most Famous Hotel
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.
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