The Ruling House Of Monaco

Author : John Glatt
Publisher : Piatkus Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ruling House of Monaco written by John Glatt and published by Piatkus Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the Grimaldi family, rulers of the principality of Monaco, and a discussion of the many problems that have faced each of the three children of Prince Rainier and his wife, former US film star, Grace Kelly. It traces the decline of a tragic dynasty.

Author : John Glatt
Publisher : Saint Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780312969110
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Royal House of Monaco written by John Glatt and published by Saint Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2000-01-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an insightful look at the royal dynasty of the House of Monaco through indepth interviews with family members and personal friends, offering closeup portraits of the Grimaldi family, Princess Grace, Prince Rainier, and their children. Reprint.

Author : Anne Edwards
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493029223
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grimaldis of Monaco written by Anne Edwards and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grimaldis of Monaco tells in full the remarkable history of the world’s oldest reigning dynasty. For nearly eight hundred years, from the elegant Genoese Rainier I to the current Prince Albert II, the Grimaldis—“an ambitious, hot-blooded, unscrupulous race, swift to revenge and furious in battle”—have ruled Monaco. Against all odds, they have proved themselves masterful survivors, still in possession of their lands and titles despite the upheavals of the French Revolution and the First and Second World Wars, when royal heads rolled and most small countries met their demise. With insufficient weaponry and military forces far too small to go into combat against their more powerful neighbors, France and Italy, the Grimaldis endured by their cunning and their shrewd choice of brides—rich women and high connections in the most influential courts of Europe, and often, strong sexual appetites. The French nobleman’s daughter who married Louis I later became the mistress of France Louis XIV. Her son, Antoine I was wed to an aristocratic wife who outdid her mother-in-law by having so many lovers her husband took to hanging them in effigy. The seafaring adventurer Prince Albert I was unfortunate enough to have two wives, one British, one American, who ran off with their lovers. His second wife, the American Alice Heine, a fabulously rich heiress from New Orleans and the widowed Duchesse de Richelieu, was the model for Proust’s Princess of Luxembourg. Heine used her own wealth to bring grandeur, culture, and sophistication to the palatial center of Monte Carlo; and with the introduction of gambling, an internationally celebrated resort was born, initially for the privileged few and later for raffish café society, The last section of the book is devoted to the most recent generations of the Grimaldis. Here, a new image of Rainier III emerges as both man and monarch, beginning with his blighted childhood as the son of divorced parents and of a mother scorned as illegitimate. And preceding the drama of his marriage to Grace Kelly, there is an account of his intense love affair with a French film start and reasons behind his sister’s lifelong malice and envy of him. The final note is necessarily tragic, detailing in full the deaths of both Princess Grace and Princess Caroline’s husband in sudden and shocking accidents

Author : Jeffrey Robinson
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 1602862427
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grace of Monaco written by Jeffrey Robinson and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed biography by Jeffrey Robinson, now revised and updated to coincide with the major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman as Princess Grace. It was one of the most famous romances of the 20th century—Europe's most eligible bachelor, Prince Rainier of Monaco, and America's most beautiful movie star, the Academy Award-winning actress Grace Kelly, fell in love against the backdrop of the closest thing the modern world has to a magical kingdom, the French Riviera's Principality of Monaco. Told with affection and humor, and written with the unprecedented cooperation of Prince Rainier III and his children, Prince Albert, Princess Caroline, and Princess Stephanie, Grace of Monaco takes readers beneath the surface glitz and the glamour of Monte Carlo for a never-to-be-forgotten portrait of the House of Grimaldi.

Author : Anne Edwards
Publisher : William Morrow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grimaldis of Monaco written by Anne Edwards and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1992 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Grimaldi family, the rulers of Monaco.

Author : H. Pemberton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Monaco, Past and Present written by H. Pemberton and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robin D. Barnes
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195392760
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Outrageous Invasions written by Robin D. Barnes and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Case of Von Hannover v. Germany -- Celebrities of the world unauthorized -- Public media -- Fundamental nature of privacy -- The emergence of infotainment -- Public figures or public property -- U.S. courts' normative view of media invasion -- European courts' comprehensive approach to media invasion -- Undue burdens on celebrity speech and association -- John Lennon and Michael Jackson -- Conclusion.

Author : Paul Franke
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031330951
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feeling Lucky written by Paul Franke and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-07-13 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monte Carlo and Las Vegas have become synonymous with casino gambling. Both destinations featured it as part of a broad variety of leisure and consumption opportunities that normalized games of chance and created emotional atmospheres that supported the hedonistic aspects of gambling. Urban spaces and architecture were carefully designed to enable a rapid growth of the casino industry and produce experiences on previous unimaginable scale. Feeling Lucky, is a “making of story,” about cities which acquired a strange and captivating allure of mystery around them. It is more than a mere descriptive account, however. Combining urban history, the history of consumption, and sociological approaches it presents a compelling comparative history of Monte Carlo and the Las Vegas Strip between the 1860s and 1970s. Paul Franke takes the reader on a journey from arriving at the cities, through the carefully planned urban environments and into the famous casinos. The analysis follows the paths contemporary gamblers would have taken, right to the gambling tables and to the shifting gambling practices across a century. Franke shows that casino entrepreneurs succeeded in producing and selling gambling experiences by controlling spaces, adapt leisure practices and appeal to specific markets. Gamblers on the other hand regarded Monte Carlo and Las Vegas as places to engage in games of chance that would allow them to preserve their political, cultural, and moral identities.

Author : IBP, Inc.
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1433034204
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monaco Offshore Tax Guide - Strategic, Practical Information, Regulations written by IBP, Inc. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. Monaco Offshore Tax Guide

Author : John Glatt
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1429904755
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Deadly Night written by John Glatt and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 28, 2000, former Indiana State Trooper David Camm made a frantic call to his former colleagues in the state troopers office: He'd just walked into his garage, and found lying on the floor the bodies of his 35-year-old wife, Kim, and their two children, Brad and Jill, ages 7 and 5. This was the kind of crime that could tear the heart out of a community. The Camm's lived the American Dream. They had what seemed like a loving marriage, a nice little house with a white picket fence, and two adorable children. To top it all off, David Camm was a pillar of the community who had dedicated his career to the enforcement of the law and the sanctity of human life. Then, this happened. Three days later, it got worse when police arrested David Camm for the triple murder. Soon, new stories started emerging: stories about mistresses and violent bursts of temper. And as the ugly truth about the Camms' marriage got uglier and the evidence against David started piling up, two families-and the community at large-took positions at opposite sides of a yawning and bitter divide. Was David Camm a dedicated, conscientious public servant-the victim of unspeakable tragedy, railroaded by an unfair system? Or was he a cold-hearted murderer who earned his three murder convictions and every one of the 195 years behind bars to which he was sentenced? Investigative journalist John Glatt finds out in this gripping new book.