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In freewheeling 1920s Paris, Kiki de Montparnasse captivated as a nightclub performer, sold out gallery showings of her paintings, starred in Surrealist films, and shared drinks and ideas with the likes of Jean Cocteau and Marcel Duchamp. Her best-selling memoir-featuring an introduction by Ernest Hemingway-made front-page news in France and was immediately banned in America. All before she turned thirty. Kiki was once the symbol of bohemian P...

Man nannte ihn »Man Ray« und sie die »Königin von Montparnasse«: Emmanuel Radnitzky und Alice Ernestine Prin.Kiki de Montparnasse begeisterte als Sängerin in Nachtclubs, plauderte mit Jean Cocteau und Marcel Duchamp in den angesagten Cafés von Paris und saß Malern wie Modigliani, Calder und Soutine Modell. Ihre Autobiografie - mit einem Vorwort von Ernest Hemingway - kam in Frankreich ganz groß raus und in Amerika auf den Index. Und das alles ...

The story of Alice Prin, aka Kiki -- who captivated 1920s Paris -- and her tumultuous relationship with photographer Man Ray

Kiki dominated the era of Montparnasse more than Queen Victoria ever dominated the Victorian era' ERNEST HEMINGWAYThough many have never heard her name, Kiki de Montparnasse was the 'it' girl of Paris between the wars. She was a painter, a ground-breaking performer -- whose cabarets and art shows were always sold out -- and a bestselling memoirist. She was also the lover and the muse of a little-known American photographer, Man Ray.In Kiki Man...

Kiki dominated the era of Montparnasse more than Queen Victoria ever dominated the Victorian era' ERNEST HEMINGWAYThough many have never heard her name, Kiki de Montparnasse was the 'it' girl of Paris between the wars. She was a painter, a ground-breaking performer -- whose cabarets and art shows were always sold out -- and a bestselling memoirist. She was also the lover and the muse of a little-known American photographer, Man Ray.In Kiki Man...

In het voorjaar van 1814 werd Napoleon eindelijk verslagen. Na jarenlang te hebben geheerst over een keizerrijk van tachtig miljoen mensen, dat zich uitstrekte over half Europa, zat hij plotseling vast op het minuscule eilandje Elba. Als het aan de leiders van Europa had gelegen, was dit zijn einde geweest. Maar Napoleon wilde maar een ding: terug naar het Franse vasteland, terug naar de macht. Met zijn buitengewone charisma wist hij zijn beid...

A gripping narrative history of Napoleon Bonaparte's ten-month exile on the Mediterranean island of ElbaIn the spring of 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated. Having overseen an empire spanning half the European continent and governed the lives of some eighty million people, he suddenly found himself exiled to Elba, less than a hundred square miles of territory. This would have been the end of him, if Europe's rulers had had their way. But so...

Part forensic investigation, part dramatic jailbreak adventure, Mark Braude's The Invisible Emperor is a gripping narrative history of Napoleon Bonaparte's ten-month exile on the Mediterranean island of ElbaIn the spring of 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated. Having overseen an empire spanning half the European continent and governed the lives of some eighty million people, he suddenly found himself exiled to Elba, less than a hundred squar...

Few historical figures are as well-known as Napoleon Bonaparte, and yet the Emperor's ten-month exile on the small island of Elba is virtually unexplored. Now, for the first time, we have a window into this critical moment when the most powerful man on earth turns defeat into one final challenge.A close character study mixed with a world-shaking drama, The Invisible Emperor will show Napoleon as he's never before been seen: as heart-broken hus...

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A brisk historical tour of the marketing and selling of the small principality of Monaco and its famous city...A well-researched, dramatic rags-to-riches urban tale” (Kirkus Reviews) of Monte Carlo's rise from small principality to prosperous resort town of the 1920s.Monte Carlo has long been known as a dazzling playground for the rich and famous. The "vivid, entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) Making Monte Carlo traces a narrative history...