"A Woman Of Style" 1992 MCDOWELL, Colin Cecil Beaton

"A Woman Of Style" 1992 MCDOWELL, Colin Cecil BeatonMCDOWELL, Colin [408] pp. Crown Publishers, Inc. 1992 First American Edition 9 1 2" x 6 1 2" In A Woman of Style, Constance was born Constance Simpson in Northumberland, but becomes Constance Castelfranco di Villanuova when she marries Ludovico, an impoverished aristocrat, and founds a fashion industry in Italy. Fashion in the 1950s is flourishing and Constance becomes an international figure; but with money and success comes heartbreak and emptiness

Founded in 1939 by Duke Fulco di Verdura

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was undimmed by her political coming of age in the 1930s

Illustrated with a colour frontispiece (cartoon of "The Flyfishers' Club Arrives At Loch Ness 1933" with "key" to names on tissue overlay) and 11 b&w plates

Rainer Fassbinder

the novel delves into the lives

Limited edition of 250 copies

the supposed author of Naked Came the Stranger

including Stirling Moss

Bell was an advocate of accurate shot placement with smaller calibre rifles