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A Royal Life HRH the Duke of Kent by HRH The Duke of Kent, Hugo Vickers
$33.00 AUD
Category: Historical
HRH The Duke of Kent has been at the heart of the British Royal Family throughout his life. As a working member of the Royal Family, he has supported his cousin, The Queen, representing her at home and abroad. His royal duties began when, in 1952, at the age of sixteen, he walked in the procession behin ...Show more
Behind Closed Doors by Hugo Vickers
$59.95 AUD
Category: General
Writing about Hugo Vickers' last book for Hutchinson, "Elizabeth, The Queen Mother", a succession of fellow biographers applauded Vickers' unique skill. "Masterly ...Hugo Vickers' long immersion in the history and dramatic personae of the Royal Family has certainly paid off". (Selina Hastings). 'A bulgi ...Show more
Behind Closed Doors by Hugo Vickers
$28.00 AUD
Category: Biography
The tragic, untold story of the Duchess of Windsor. Writing about Hugo Vickers’s last book for Hutchinson, Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, a succession of fellow biographers applauded Vickers’s unique skill. ‘Masterly . . . Hugo Vickers’s long immersion in the history and dramatic personae of the Royal Fam ...Show more
Cecil Beaton by Hugo Vickers
$27.00 AUD
Category: Historical
Cecil Beaton was one of Britain's greatest cultural icons - not just as a photographer capturing some of the most celebrated portraits of the 20th century but also as designer of the iconic sets and costumes for the films My Fair Lady and Gigi. In 1980, Beaton personally chose Hugo Vickers to be his bi ...Show more
Cecil Beaton at Home: An Interior Life by Andrew Ginger; Hugo Vickers (Foreword by)
$160.00 AUD
Category: Photography
A private view of the genius of Cecil Beaton, reflected through the lens of his town and country idylls, and his passion for interior design, gardening, and entertaining a circle of Bright Young Things. Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) was one of twentieth-century Britain's Renaissance men: photographer, costum ...Show more
Malice in Wonderland - My Adventures in the World of Cecil Beaton by Hugo Vickers
$33.00 AUD
Category: Literary
The witty and perceptive diaries kept by Cecil Beaton's authorised biographer during his many fascinating encounters with extraordinary--often legendary--characters in his search for the real Cecil Beaton Hugo Vickers' life took a dramatic turn in 1979 when the legendary Sir Cecil Beaton invited him ...Show more
Malice in Wonderland - My Adventures in the World of Cecil Beaton by Hugo Vickers
$55.00 AUD
Category: Literary
The witty and perceptive diaries kept by Cecil Beaton's authorized biographer during his many fascinating encounters with extraordinary--often legendary--characters in his search for the real Cecil Beaton Hugo Vickers's life took a dramatic turn in 1979 when the legendary Sir Cecil Beaton invited him to ...Show more
Princess Mary - The First Modern Princess by Elisabeth Basford; Hugo Vickers (Foreword by)
$50.00 AUD
Category: Biography
'At last a biography of Princess Mary, the Queen's aunt - and a good one ... She has long deserved a full study and in Elisabeth Basford, she has found a dedicated and sympathetic biographer, who has done her full justice' Hugo Vickers Princess Diana is seen as the first member of the British royal ...Show more
The Glass of Fashion - A Personal History of Fifty Years of Changing Tastes and the People Who Have Inspired Them by Cecil Beaton; Hugo Vickers (Foreword by)
$30.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Jewellery
This book presents the iconic photographer's expert and witty reminiscences of the personalities who inspired fashion's golden eras, and left an indelible mark on his own sense of taste and style. The camera will never be invented that could capture or encompass all that he actually sees, Truman Capote ...Show more
The Quest for Queen Mary by James Pope-Hennessy; Hugo Vickers
$33.00 AUD
Category: British
'A scary portrait of put-upon servants and potty aristos ... this is arguably the most riotously funny volume published this year'Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'One of the funniest, most eccentric books of the year'Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday When James Pope-Hennessy began his work on Queen Mary's ...Show more
The Quest for Queen Mary by James Pope-Hennessy; Hugo Vickers
$23.00 AUD
Category: Historical
'A scary portrait of put-upon servants and potty aristos ... this is arguably the most riotously funny volume published this year' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'One of the funniest, most eccentric books of the year' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday When James Pope-Hennessy began his work on Queen Mary's offici ...Show more
The Quest for Queen Mary (H/B) by James Pope-Hennessy; Hugo Vickers
$50.00 AUD
Category: British
'A scary portrait of put-upon servants and potty aristos ... this is arguably the most riotously funny volume published this year'Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'One of the funniest, most eccentric books of the year'Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday When James Pope-Hennessy began his work on Queen Mary's official ...Show more