The Allure of Chanel

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The Allure of Chanel

by Paul Morand

Recommendations from our site

Our most recommended books

Supermac by DR Thorpe

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne & Tamara Payne

Apology by Plato

In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War by David Reynolds

Beethoven: The Man Revealed by John Suchet

Queen Mary by James Pope-Hennessy

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Supermac
by DR Thorpe

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
by Les Payne & Tamara Payne

Apology
by Plato

In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War
by David Reynolds

Beethoven: The Man Revealed
by John Suchet

Queen Mary
by James Pope-Hennessy