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Coco Chanel

The Legend and the Life

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Coco Chanel

By: Justine Picardie
Narrated by: Karen Cass
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SLEEK. CHIC. NOTORIOUSLY GUARDED. WELCOME TO THE SECRET WORLD OF COCO CHANEL.

Justine Picardie’s definitive biography explores the dark mysteries hidden beneath the shimmering surface of a fabled fashion icon. Unveiling remarkable details about Coco Chanel’s traumatic childhood and her flight into unconventional adulthood, this beautifully constructed portrait reveals her passionate and painful past, her turbulent loves and losses, her quest for fame and fortune, and how she transformed herself into her own most powerful creation.

Feared and revered by her contemporaries, Chanel died in 1971, but her legacy lives on as an enduring global brand. Drawing on interviews with her last surviving friends and relatives, and unprecedented archival research, Justine Picardie brings Chanel out of hiding, unpicking the seams between reality and myth, and telling a timeless story that uncovers the true art and heart of fashion.

This special new edition has been extensively revised and updated, and offers a uniquely authoritative account of the greatest designer in the world. Adding fresh insights and discoveries, it comes complete with a compelling array of previously unseen images from the Chanel archives.

©2010 Justine Picardie (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Art Art & Literature Women Inspiring

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very insightful read. Lots of details I never knew about Gabrielle Chanel. i have recently seen the exhibition at the V and A in London and want to know more about the person behind the great designs.

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Beautifully written story with plenty of details. Read with emotion and understanding of the story

Beautifully written and read

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I enjoyed this biography and the narrator added to the pleasure. I appreciate the immense research task needed to add meat to the bones of the life of such an enigmatic person. It seemed that Coco Chanel made up her own version of her life, in many different aspects. Justine Picardie unpicked what she discovered and wrote a memorable book.

Captivating story of an intriguing life.

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I enjoyed the history lessons painlessly soaked up while listening to Chanel’s life story. An important figure of 20th century life.

Excellent narration of an important life

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Reader, content. Duration of book good. Eras of novel throughout very informative. Chanel led an interesting life...

Reader, enjoyable to listen to. Duration good. Story fantastic and very interesting era. Liked book too.

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