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Lisa Chaney (Author)

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Lisa Chaney has lectured and tutored in the history of art and literature, made TV and radio broadcasts on the history of culture, and reviewed and written for journals and newspapers, including the Sunday Times, the Spectator and the Guardian. She is the author of two previous biographies: Elizabeth David and Hide-and-Seek with Angels: The Life of J. M. Barrie.

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Chanel: An Intimate Life
By Lisa Chaney
Drawing on newly discovered love-letters, police records, and interviews, Lisa Chaney reveals the truth about Chanel's drug habit and lesbian affairs.She also answers definitively the long-running question about Chanel's German lover: was he a spy for the Nazis?
Drawing on newly discovered love-letters, police records, and interviews, Lisa Chaney reveals the truth about Chanel's drug habit and lesbian affairs.She also answers definitively the long-running question about Chanel's German lover: was he a spy for the Nazis?
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Published: 11/10/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781905490363
RRP: $39.95
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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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