{"product_id":"9780195398748","title":"The French Riviera : A Cultural History (Landscapes of the Imagination)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"If the Riviera has had its critics--Somerset Maugham famously used the phrase \"a sunny place for shady people\"--it remains the epitome of glamour. Julian Hale reveals how a piece of rugged, inaccessible coastline was transformed into a byword for luxuryand hedonism--but always with a special beauty of its own. Conflict and power: From Roman legions to American liberators; fortresses and bunkers; the Grimaldi dynasty and Monaco; disputed sovereignty and corruption. Foreigners and expatriates: The British \"discovery\" of the Riviera; Russian millionaires and American bohemians; grand villas and hotels; the lure of the Casino; Riviera gardens. Artists, architects, and writers: Renoir, Chagall, and Bonnard; Baroque churches and belle epoque hotels; SomersetMaugham and Cyril Connolly; Scott Fitzgerald and Edith Wharton; Chekhov and Diaghilev\"--Provided by publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48663768432875,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":49.42,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780195398748-1.jpg?v=1781610103","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9780195398748","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}