House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (639 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307406520 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 360 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars Desiree Williams excellent. The full tale, well told A WSJ biz writer who lived in Europe for 15 years wrote this full scale business bio of the Versace tragedy, and it's a great read in all its pathos. She received full cooperation from everyone except Allegra Versace, daughter of Donatella and heiress to the house of Versace because her late uncle willed it all to her when she was just 12. Donatella's drug use is not spared here, but she received even-handed treat. "House of Versace is FantastiC!" according to D. Baird. I just finished House of Versace and enjoyed it tremendously. The research musthave been mammoth but it showed in the brilliant text. I also loved the writingstyle. Often in either a well-researched piece or something dealing with fashionand/or business, I become overwhelmed or bored. I was neither. One of the bestbiographies I ever read was Charles Shields' Mockingbird: a Portrait of HarperLee. I felt after finis
For 12 years, she has been a reporter for the Wall Street Journal in Milan, London and Zurich, covering a wide variety of business, finance and political topics. Ms. A native of Boston, DEBORAH BALL has been a business journalist in Europe for more than 15 years. Between 1999 and 2002, she covered the European luxury
"Meticulously researched…answers more questions about the family behind the high-flying brand than most of us could think to ask. The Wall Street Journal writer's account … helps humanize a legendary family.--The Wall Street Journal"Deborah Ball got the story. The result is a read that is genuinely honest and riveting."--The Associated PressFrom the Hardcover edition.. Thanks to an impressive degree of access to both Santo and Donatella, as well as to a host of their friends and family members, this Wall Street Journal writer describes in riveting detail what the siblings were thinking behind their grief-stricken visages."--The Washington Post"Readers may feel as if they are breaking thro
House of Versace is a compelling, highly readable tale of rise from obscurity, a painful fall and ultimate redemption as the Versace empire returned to health – for now. Bringing together fashion, celebrity, business drama, jet-set lifestyles, and a notorious crime, House of Versace is an old-fashioned page-turner about a subject of enduring fascination.From the Hardcover edition.. His beloved sister Donatella demanded no less than a funeral befitting an assassinated head-of-state to be held in Milan’s magnificent cathedral. All of course true, but only half the story. The story was front page news around the world and the manhunt for his killer a media obsession. The book offers the first inside look at the enormous challenges Donatella faced in living up to Gianni’s genius, her struggle with a drug habit, her battles with her brother Santo