The Book Pieces Together How Coco Chanel Became A German Intelligence Operative; How And Why She Was Enlisted In A Number Of Spy Missions; How She Escaped Arrest In France After The War, Despite Her Activities Being Known To The Gaullist Intelligence Network; How She Fled To Switzerland For A Nine-year Exile With Her Lover Dincklage. And How, Despite The French Court's Opening A Case Concerning Chanel's Espionage Activities During The War, She Was Able To Return To Paris At Age Seventy And Triumphantly Resurrect And Reinvent Herself--and Rebuild What Has Become The Iconic House Of Chanel.--p. [3] Of Jacket. Metamorphosis : Gabrielle Becomes Coco -- The Scent Of A Woman -- Coco's Golden Duke -- A Hollywood Divertissement -- Exit Paul, Enter Spatz -- And Then The War Came -- Paris Occupied : Chanel, A Refugee -- Dincklage Meets Hitler, Chanel Becomes An Abwehr Agent -- Checkmated By The Wertheimers -- A Mission For Himmler -- Coco's Luck -- Come Back Coco. Hal Vaughan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 251-265) And Index.
Categories:
- History
- World
Publisher : Knopf
Author : Vaughan, Hal
Language : English
Edition : First Edition Later Printing
Published :2011-08-16
Number Of Pages : 279
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0307592634
ISBN-13 : 9780307592637
Item weight : 1.25 lb
Dimensions : 1.2 in x 5.8 in x 9.2 in
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