{"product_id":"the-happy-years-1944-48-paperback","title":"The Happy Years: 1944-48 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCecil Beaton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic six-volume memoir of the twentieth century, spanning through the Second World War, the Golden Age of Hollywood and the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSir Cecil Beaton (1904 -1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, painter, diarist and Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeaton's third volume covers 1944-48. In 1944 Beaton, as official photographer for the Ministry of Information, was sent to Paris to arrange an exhibition of war photographs. While there he renewed his acquaintance with Picasso and encountered many other famous faces, including Gide, Cocteau and Gertrude Stein. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe war over, Beaton the photographer became Beaton the designer and he began to work for Korda in films. Then in 1946, on a visit to New York, he sought out the woman he had met just once ten years before, and everything was suddenly different. For the woman was Greta Garbo. And Beaton was in love... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE HAPPY YEARS is the third volume of \u003ci\u003eCecil Beaton's Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, a personal memoir of the twentieth century, covering famous artists and photographers, political figures, socialites, the rich \u0026amp; famous and movie stars. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for fans of THE CROWN, LOVE, CECIL, fashion photography, artist's memoirs, and twentieth-century history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A \u003cb\u003efascinating and moving\u003c\/b\u003e book' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'His is \u003cb\u003ea superb diarist\u003c\/b\u003e, comparable to the best in our language' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks and Bookmen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wise, witty and perceptive' - \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Fascinating and well-written, and deserves to be read as an insight into a period and of someone who was very much part of it' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWestern Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'One of the unassailables of our time' -\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Daily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e***PLEASE NOTE THIS NEW EDITION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PHOTOGRAPHS PRESENT IN THE ORIGINAL HARDBACK EDITION*** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCECIL BEATON'S DIARIES SERIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 1: THE WANDERING YEARS: 1922-39\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 2: THE YEARS BETWEEN: 1939-44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOK 3: THE HAPPY YEARS: 1944-8\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 4: THE STRENUOUS YEARS: 1948-55\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 5: THE RESTLESS YEARS: 1955-63\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 6: THE PARTING YEARS: 1963-74\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350590865657,"sku":"9781912546299","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/S0H1Z-pR409781912546299.webp?v=1769787008","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-happy-years-1944-48-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}