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The duchess who wouldn't sit down : an informal history of hospitality / Jesse Browner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Browner, Jesse.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hospitality--History.
- Hospitality.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 198 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Bloomsbury, 2003.
- Summary:
- From Hitler at his summer home to Louis XIV at Versailles all the way to ancient Greece, "The Duchess Who Wouldn't Sit Down is offers a new understanding of the art of hospitality and a fascinating guide to our real motives for entertaining.
- Notes:
- "Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-198).
- ISBN:
- 1582342970
- OCLC:
- 52901067
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