Praise for Magnificent Rebel:
"Luminous...A seductive portrait of life lived to the fullest." -
Publishers Weekly
"A fulsome portrait of a quixotic, disruptive, talented woman." -
Kirkus Reviews
"De Courcy offers a fresh perspective on a legendary time and place via profiles of fascinating individuals caught in her subject's web, presenting Cunard herself in all her turbulent complexity, controversy, epic selfishness, debilitating vulnerability and rage, lashing intelligence, and tragic self-destructiveness." –
Booklist "This bed-hopping biography by de Courcy does an excellent job conveying the reckless, decadent Jazz Age in Paris" -
Library Journal "Anne de Courcy deploys all her considerable skills....an always entertaining account of [Nancy Cunard's] most glamorous years, and the Parisian world in which she shone." -
Times Literary Supplement (UK)
Praise for Chanel's Riviera: "Intoxicating descriptions...of Chanel's life, specifically her fashion innovations and love affairs, are woven throughout the book." –
New York Times Book Review "A history of the Cote d'Azur, from the frivolity and decadence of its post-Jazz Age heyday to the terror and desperation of World War II."
–Wall Street Journal "Entertaining...a peek, at once envious and satisfyingly censorious, at the lifestyles of the rich and famous."
–The Washington Post Praise for The Husband Hunters: "[The American heiresses] were just what was needed to shake the cocktail and bring some pizazz to the party. De Courcy conjures it all with skill." –
New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice
"Anglophiles fascinated by the intricate tribal codes of the British upper classes will find plenty to feed their interest." –
Boston Globe "A true account of the women who inspired
Downton Abbey."–
Vanity Fair "Witty and well researched."–
Daisy Goodwin, New York Times bestselling author of The Fortune Hunter