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The secret life of the Savoy / Olivia Williams.

Nā: Momo rauemi: TextTextKaiwhakaputa: London : Headline Book Publishing, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Whakaahuatanga: xviii, 327 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1472269802
  • 9781472269805
  • 9781472271761
Tētahi atu taitaia:
  • Secret life of the Savoy : glamour and intrigue at the world's most famous hotel [Cover title]
Ngā marau: DDC classification:
  • 647.940922 23
  • 647.940942132 23
LOC classification:
  • TX941.S3 W55 2021
Contents:
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.
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.comSummary: 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. Williams follows the history of the iconic Savoy Hotel through three generations of the D'Oyly Carte family. In doing so she brings to life the extraordinary cultural legacy of the most famous hotel in the world. -- adapted from jacket
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-307) and index.

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.

"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

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. Williams follows the history of the iconic Savoy Hotel through three generations of the D'Oyly Carte family. In doing so she brings to life the extraordinary cultural legacy of the most famous hotel in the world. -- adapted from jacket

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