Résultats pour "The Bet" dans Europe

Arthur Briggs's life was Homeric in scope. Born on the the tiny island of Grenada, he set sail for Harlem during the Renaissance, then to Europe in the aftermath of World War I, where he was among the first pioneers to introduce jazz music to the world. During the legendary Jazz Age in Paris, Briggs's trumpet provided the soundtrack while Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and the rest of the Lost Generation got drunk. By the 1930s, Briggs was considered "the Louis Armstrong of Paris," and was the peer of the greatest names of his time, from Josephine Baker to Django Reinhardt.

Lady Bette, the 14-year-old heiress to the vast Northumberland estates, becomes the victim of a plot by her grandmother, the Countess Howard, to marry her to the dissident fortune-hunter Thomas Thynn, a man three times her age with an evil reputation. Revolted by her new husband, Lady Bette flees to Holland. Within weeks, Thynn is gunned down in the street by three hired assassins. Who is behind the contract killing? Is it the Swedish Count Coningsmark, young and glamorous with blond hair down to his waist?

Wciągające wspomnienia Kate Betts o Francji - paryskich klubach nocnych lat 80., polach lawendy w Prowansji, wielkich pokazach na dziedzińcu Cour Carrée w Luwrze - magicznie przywołują ten moment w życiu, gdy młoda kobieta odkrywa, co jest jej przeznaczeniem. Jedyny taki przewodnik po modzie, Paryżu i tym, co Francuzi lubią najbardziej. Od najmłodszych lat Kate Betts pragnęła wyrwać się z rodzinnego domu i rozpocząć życie na własny rachunek. Chciała być zagraniczną korespondentką poważanej gazety.

Except for the two world wars, the Tour has been run annually since that 1903 race, and yearly addendums seem the best way to keep telling the story. So please join us as we go on the 107th trip around La Belle France. Let’s see how those new faces of the 2019 Tour did in 2020.