{"product_id":"the-secret-life-of-the-savoy-and-the-doyly-carte-family-by-olivia-williams","title":"The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family by Olivia Williams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1889, Victorian impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte opened The Savoy, Britain's first luxury hotel. Allowing the rich to live like royalty, it attracted glamour, scandal and a cast of eccentric characters, with the D'Oyly Carte family elevated to a unique vantage point on high society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Secret Life of the Savoy tells their story through three generations: Richard (a showman who made his fortune from the Gilbert and Sullivan operas), Rupert (who expanded the D'Oyly Carte empire through two world wars and the roaring twenties), and Bridget (the reluctant heiress and last of the family line).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this, the first biography of the family, Olivia Williams revives their extroardinary cultural legacy, told through the prism of their iconic hotel and its many distinguished guests.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eBook Information:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 08\/09\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenre: History, Biography, Architecture, Business, Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 234 x 154mm\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #c00000;\"\u003eNote: Remaindered books or remainders are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher or slightly damaged.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olivia Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53904571466038,"sku":"9781472271761","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/files\/Books_22_77e1a05c-f29e-4ed6-a9db-fd2bec5cf261.jpg?v=1776133341","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/the-secret-life-of-the-savoy-and-the-doyly-carte-family-by-olivia-williams","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}