{"product_id":"once-upon-a-time-world-by-jonathan-miles-9781838953430","title":"Once Upon a Time World","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhenomenal... Utterly absorbing\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, 'Book of the Week'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e[A] fabulous romp of a book\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e* - \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e 'Book to Read in 2023'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes, introducing bathing and the manicured lawn to the wilds of the Mediterranean coast. Today, much of that shore has become a concrete mass from which escape is an exclusive dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the intervening years, the stretch of seaboard from the red mountains of the Esterel to the Italian border hosted a cultural phenomenon well in excess of its tiny size. A mere handful of towns and resorts created by foreign visitors—notably English, Russian, and American—attracted the talented, rich, and famous, as well as those who wanted to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor nearly two centuries of creativity, luxury, excess, scandal, war, and corruption, the dark and sparkling world of the Riviera was a temptation for everybody who was anybody. Often frivolous, it was also a potent cultural matrix that inspired the likes of Picasso, Matisse, Coco Chanel, Scott Fitzgerald, Cole Porter, James Baldwin, Katherine Mansfield, the Rolling Stones, Sartre, and Stravinsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOnce Upon a Time World\u003c\/em\u003e, Jonathan Miles presents the remarkable story of the small strip of French coast that lured the world to its shores. It is a wild and unforgettable tale that follows the Riviera's transformation from paradise and wilderness to a pollution-imperilled concrete jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46834970099948,"sku":"9781838953430","price":36.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/bf22e2ebe9a1c8acf11fd0dcd5bee56c.jpg?v=1758574605","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/once-upon-a-time-world-by-jonathan-miles-9781838953430","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}