The Secret Life of the Savoy

and the D'Oyly Carte family

The Secret Life of the Savoy
Olivia Williams
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 352pg
10 Jun 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781472269805
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In 1889, Victorian impresario Richard D' Oyly Carte opened The Savoy, Britain' s first luxury hotel. Allowing the rich to live like royalty, it attracted glamour, scandal and a cast of eccentric characters, with the D' Oyly Carte family elevated to a unique vantage point on high society. THE SECRET LIFE OF THE SAVOY tells their story through three generations: Richard (a showman who made his fortune from the Gilbert and Sullivan operas), Rupert (who expanded the D' Oyly Carte empire through two world wars and the roaring twenties), and Bridget (the reluctant heiress and last of the family line). In this, the first biography of the family, Olivia Williams revives their extroardinary cultural legacy, told through the prism of their iconic hotel and its many distinguished guests.
Olivia graduated with a scholarship in Modern History from St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where she remained for her master' s degree. She worked as a journalist before writing her first book Gin Glorious Gin, and now works as a freelance writer living in London.
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ISBN-13: 9781472269805
Published: 10 Jun 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Headline Book Publishing
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 352

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