CHANEL'S RIVIERA: Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944

The Cote d'Azur in 1938 was a world of wealth, luxury, and extravagance, inhabited by a sparkling cast of characters. But this wildly seductive world was poised on the edge of destruction--in a matter of months the Nazis swooped down and the glamor of the prewar parties and casinos gave way to the horrors of evacuation and the displacement of thousands. 16 pages of photos.