Creative Lives
Every age has it’s celebrities; personalities that inspire, create and capture the imagination. Memoirs, diaries, biographies and autobiographies are the written record of these personalities, preserving their lives on paper.
Creative Lives is a short list of books on the lives of twenty artists, writers and muses of the twentieth century. The list includes Cecil Beaton, The Marchesa Casati, Nancy Mitford, Patrick Leigh Fermor, and Coco Chanel. As always, there are some old favourites and some new discoveries.
The complete trilogy of books recounting Patrick Leigh Fermor's journey on foot across Europe.
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The memoirs of the stylish society figure, the Baron de Rede.
'Mad, bad and dangerous to know' - a biography of Brian Howard.
![Cecil Beaton's Diaries. The Wandering Years 1922-1939; The Years Between 1939-44; The Happy Years 1944-48; The Strenuous Years 1948-55; The Restless Years 1955-63; The Parting Years 1963-74. [A Complete Set of the Six Diaries]](/user/products/3649.jpg)
![Cecil Beaton's Diaries. The Wandering Years 1922-1939; The Years Between 1939-44; The Happy Years 1944-48; The Strenuous Years 1948-55; The Restless Years 1955-63; The Parting Years 1963-74. [A Complete Set of the Six Diaries]](/user/products/3649_2.jpg)
![Cecil Beaton's Diaries. The Wandering Years 1922-1939; The Years Between 1939-44; The Happy Years 1944-48; The Strenuous Years 1948-55; The Restless Years 1955-63; The Parting Years 1963-74. [A Complete Set of the Six Diaries]](/user/products/3649_3.jpg)
![Cecil Beaton's Diaries. The Wandering Years 1922-1939; The Years Between 1939-44; The Happy Years 1944-48; The Strenuous Years 1948-55; The Restless Years 1955-63; The Parting Years 1963-74. [A Complete Set of the Six Diaries]](/user/products/3649_4.jpg)
![Cecil Beaton's Diaries. The Wandering Years 1922-1939; The Years Between 1939-44; The Happy Years 1944-48; The Strenuous Years 1948-55; The Restless Years 1955-63; The Parting Years 1963-74. [A Complete Set of the Six Diaries]](/user/products/3649_5.jpg)
A complete set of Cecil Beaton's Diaries.
An illustrated biography of Messel's life, work, theatre designs and interiors.
Philip Hoare's definitive biography of Stephen Tennant.
Laurence Whistler's richly researched account of the life of his brother Rex.
A visual biography of the Marchesa Casati and an illustrated study of the art she inspired.