Blogs in January 1970

A Novel Bookstore 1st January 1970

Ivan, a world traveller, and Italian heiress Francesca are the owners of an out-of-the-ordinary bookshop in a corner of Paris in which passion for literature overrides bestsellers and titles are chosen by a top-secret committee of like minded connoisseurs....

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Hunting and Gathering 1st January 1970

Camille is doing her best to disappear. She barely eats, works at night as a cleaner and lives in a tiny attic room. Philibert Marquet de La Durbellière is a stammering, erudite aristocrat who sells postcards outside a museum....

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The Perfect Scent 1st January 1970

Follow the creation in NYC of the scent ‘Lovely’ for Sarah Jessica Parker. And in Paris follow how Hermes sets about creating ‘Un Jardin sur le Nil’ – facts about (170,000 bottles of fragrance are sold in France every...

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Paris Requiem 1st January 1970

Paris 1899. The city is a glittering hub of fin-desiecle activity. Theatres and galleries are vibrant with artistic energy. The new metro is under construction, and so is the site for the centennial Universal Exhibition. But there is also...

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The Sun Also Rises 1st January 1970

A masterpiece, post World war 1: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley, who travel from the wild nightlife of Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain, in the company of a group of expatriates – moral dissolution, unrequited...

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