Mademoiselle Chanel
A creative reimagining of the life of iconic fashion designer Coco Chanel traces the development of her exceptional sewing skills in an orphanage, her transformation into a couturier and the private struggles behind her subsequent fame.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
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| Summary: | A creative reimagining of the life of iconic fashion designer Coco Chanel traces the development of her exceptional sewing skills in an orphanage, her transformation into a couturier and the private struggles behind her subsequent fame. |
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| Item Description: | "A novel"--Jacket. |
| Physical Description: | 406 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-406). |
| ISBN: | 9780062356406 0062356402 |
| Author Notes: | C. W. Gortner was born and raised in Spain. He moved to the United States when he was a teen-ager. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in San Francisco and a Masters of Fine Arts in Writing from the New College of California. He soon found his passion for writing and became an author of historical fiction. His titles include: The Last Queen, The Confessions of Catherine De Medici, The Queen's Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile, Mademoiselle Chanel, and Marlene. He was named one of the top ten historical novelists by The Washington Independent Review of Books. (Bowker Author Biography) |
