Alexandra Lapierre
1) Belle Greene
Author
Publisher
Edizioni e/o
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Italiano
Formats
Description
La storia vera (e segreta) della donna più celebre della cultura americana della prima metà del Novecento: famosa bibliofila, icona di stile, astutissima protagonista delle cronache mondane.
Una donna anticonformista e brillante che ha saputo rompere ogni soffitto di cristallo della sua epoca.
New York, primi anni del Novecento. Una ragazza appassionata di libri rari si fa beffe del destino salendo tutti i gradini della
2) Belle Greene
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Language
English
Description
New York in the 1900s. A young girl fascinated by rare books defies all odds and becomes the director of one of the country's most prestigious private libraries. It belongs to the magnate J.P. Morgan, darling of the international aristocracy and one of the city's richest men. Flamboyant, brilliant, beautiful, Belle is among New York society's most sought after intellectuals. She also hides a secret. Although she looks white, she is African American,...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Born into Russian aristocracy, wealth, and security, Moura never had any reason to worry. But in the upheaval of the Bolshevik Revolution, her entire world crumbles. As her family and friends are being persecuted by Vladimir Lenin's ruthless police, she falls into a passionate affair with British secret agent Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart. But when he's abruptly and mysteriously deported from Russia, Moura is left alone and vulnerable. Now, she must...
Author
Series
Pocket volume 17985
Publisher
Flammarion
Pub. Date
[2022?]
Language
Français
Description
New York, dans les années 1900. Une jeune fille, que passionnent les livres rares, se joue du destin et gravit tous les échelons. Elle devient la directrice de la fabuleuse bibliothèque du magnat J.P. Morgan et la coqueluche de l'aristocratie internationale, sous le faux nom de Belle da Costa Greene. Belle Greene pour les intimes. En vérité, elle triche sur tout. Car la flamboyante collectionneuse qui fait tourner les têtes et règne sur le...
