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The secret life of the Savoy  Cover Image Book Book

The secret life of the Savoy / Olivia Williams.

Summary:

"The captivating story of the famed Savoy Hotel's founders, told through three generations--and one hundred years--of glamour and high society."--Amazon.com

Record details

  • ISBN: 1643137387
  • ISBN: 9781643137384
  • Physical Description: xii, 323 pages, 8 unnumberd pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Preface -- Richard. Curtain up ; Entertainment of a higher order ; 'Light of the future' ; Off on tour ; 'The Hotel de Luxe of the world' ; The carpet quarrel ; 'Everyone who comes, goes away highly pleased' ; Scandals ; Fluctuat nec migrator -- Rupert. Belle Époque ; No sackcloth and ashes ; Rupert's roaring twenties ; Curzon Street Baroque ; A scrum in Mayfair ; An heir and a spare ; Essence de civilisation -- Bridget. Reluctant heiress ; Static in the swinging sixties ; Pickwick and co. ; Bridget hangs on ; Curtain down -- Postscript: Claridge's Restaurant, July 1990.
Subject: Carte, Richard D'Oyly, 1844-1901.
D'Oyly Carte, Rupert.
Carte, Bridget D'Oyly.
Savoy Hotel (London, England) > History.
Hotels > England > London > History.
Hotelkeepers > England > London.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Bethlehem Main Library 647.94 (Text) 33062009454969 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Easton Main Library 647.94 W725s (Text) 31901004523447 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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