Bibliograph

Unsinkable Lucile, how a farm girl became the queen of fashion and survived the Titanic, by Hugh Brewster ; illustrated by Laurie McGaw ; historical consultant: Randy Bryan Bigham

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Unsinkable Lucile, how a farm girl became the queen of fashion and survived the Titanic, by Hugh Brewster ; illustrated by Laurie McGaw ; historical consultant: Randy Bryan Bigham

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Unsinkable Lucile

Oclc number

1346674608

Responsibility statement

by Hugh Brewster ; illustrated by Laurie McGaw ; historical consultant: Randy Bryan Bigham

Sub title

how a farm girl became the queen of fashion and survived the Titanic

Summary

"She was one of the world's most glamorous women and the most famous fashionista of the Edwardian age. Yet, couturiere Lucile, Lady Duff Gordon was born as just plain Lucy Sutherland and grew up in a stone farmhouse in Ontario, Canada. How she went from a backwoods farm to presiding over an international fashion empire is a remarkable story of unshakeable determination and female achievement at a time when it was thought that a woman's place was in the home. Unsinkable Lucile is a lavishly illustrated story of Lucile's lively childhood, her rise to the top of the fashion world and her survival of the Titanic disaster and its aftermath, during which she was unjustly vilified. Time and time again, she proved that nothing could sink her spirits or stop her drive to innovate and create"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

pre adolescent

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