| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2011020430 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780701185015 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0307592634 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
746.9/2/092 |
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| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Vaughan, Hal, |
| Dates |
1928- |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Sleeping with the enemy : |
| Subtitle |
Coco Chanel, Nazi agent / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Hal Vaughan. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
New York : |
| Publisher |
Knopf, |
| Date |
2011. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xx, 279 p. : |
| Other Details |
ill. ; |
| Size |
25 cm. |
| CONTENTS |
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| Contents |
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. |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
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. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Fashion designers |
| Form |
France |
| Geographic |
Biography. |
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| Topical Heading |
World War, 1939-1945 |
| General |
Secret service |
| Form |
Germany. |
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| Topical Heading |
Espionage, German |
| General |
History |
| Chronological |
20th century. |
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| Topical Heading |
Fashion designers |
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France |
| Geographic |
Biography. |
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| Topical Heading |
World War, 1939-1945 |
| General |
Secret service |
| Form |
Germany. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
German espionage |
| General |
History. |
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