Buy this book on-line COWLES**, FLEUR: : SHE MADE FRIENDS AND KEPT THEM: AN ANECDOTAL MEMOIRLONDON.HarperCollins Publishers,1996. ISBN 0002556898.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.Simultaneously issued UK,USA and Canada,1996.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,part- matt and part-glossy laminated,b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj,with black+ red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges though lighly toned,bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain burgundy cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate montage'd celebrities' portrait monochrome photographic illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,x-xxivpp+3-375pp [paginated] includes separate contents+illus lists/tables, acknowledgements,intro by Carlos Fuentes, author's preface,Pts I-XIII,16pp contemporary auto+biographical b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp104/5 and pp232/3 respectively and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title page,publisher's advert for author's other published work,a colour portrait painting illustrated frntis,title page,a dedication,individual Pts separator pages and2pp blanks at rear.
Few women - or men - have led such varied lives as Fleur Cowles.A highly distinguished journalist and editor of one of America's top magazines during the 1950s,'Flair',Fleur Cowles is best known today for the magic realism of her paintings - paintings peopled by jungle beasts,huge flowers and overgrown birds (see my book ID's rja2038,rja2039 for examples of her illustrated books and artwork) - and for her many famous friends.
It is these who fill the pages of her marvellous book.She recalls picnicking with Cary Grant in Spain,the weekend Marilyn Monroe spent hiding in her Conneticut home,of her many trips as personal emissary for Eisenhower,of the time she spent in Argentina and her relationship with Evita Pron.She writes about her experiences on the Korean war front,about Carrington's bitter resignation when Argentina invaded the Falklands,and of his experiences in former Yugoslavia,and of Chris Patten's private thoughts on the future of Hong Kong.She includes many glimpses of her close friendship with Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.Others who appear in her book include Margot Fonteyn,Isak Dinesen,Grace Kelly,the Dali Lama,Harold Wilson,Haile Selassie,Gamal Abdel Nasser,Imelda Marcos, Harold Macmillan,Luciano Pavarotti,Charlie Chaplin,Coco Chanel,Ernest Hemingway and many more.
Tough but never malicious,self-respecting but never self-serving,Fleur Cowles's book shares with us the unknown stories of the men and women who have shaped 20thC history.
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