Vaughan, Hal, 1928-
Sleeping with the enemy : Coco Chanel, Nazi agent / Hal Vaughan. - New York : Knopf, 2011. - xx, 279 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Metamorphosis : Gabrielle becomes Coco -- The scent of a woman -- Coco's golden duke -- A Hollywood divertissement -- Exit Paul, enter Spatz -- And then the war came -- Paris occupied : Chanel, a refugee -- Dincklage meets Hitler, Chanel becomes an Abwehr agent -- Checkmated by the Wertheimers -- A mission for Himmler -- Coco's luck -- Come back Coco.
Chronicles Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's life from 1941 to 1954, a period that was previously shrouded in mystery, when she closed down her couture house, lived in the Hotel Ritz, and eventually moved to Switzerland following the war, revealing details of her decades-long affair with a high-ranking official in Hitler's army and her work as a German intelligence operative.
9780701185015 0307592634
2011020430
Fashion designers--France--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Germany.
Espionage, German--History--20th century.
Fashion designers--France--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Germany.
German espionage--History.
746.9/2/092 B
Sleeping with the enemy : Coco Chanel, Nazi agent / Hal Vaughan. - New York : Knopf, 2011. - xx, 279 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Metamorphosis : Gabrielle becomes Coco -- The scent of a woman -- Coco's golden duke -- A Hollywood divertissement -- Exit Paul, enter Spatz -- And then the war came -- Paris occupied : Chanel, a refugee -- Dincklage meets Hitler, Chanel becomes an Abwehr agent -- Checkmated by the Wertheimers -- A mission for Himmler -- Coco's luck -- Come back Coco.
Chronicles Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's life from 1941 to 1954, a period that was previously shrouded in mystery, when she closed down her couture house, lived in the Hotel Ritz, and eventually moved to Switzerland following the war, revealing details of her decades-long affair with a high-ranking official in Hitler's army and her work as a German intelligence operative.
9780701185015 0307592634
2011020430
Fashion designers--France--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Germany.
Espionage, German--History--20th century.
Fashion designers--France--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Germany.
German espionage--History.
746.9/2/092 B