
The Secret Life of the Savoy
And the D’Oyly Carte Family
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Narrated by:
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Sophie Roberts
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By:
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Olivia Williams
About this listen
The captivating story of the famed Savoy Hotel’s founders, told through three generations - and 100 years - of glamour and high society.
For the gondoliers-themed birthday dinner, the hotel obligingly flooded the courtyard to conjure the Grand Canal of Venice. Dinner was served on a silk-lined floating gondola, real swans were swimming in the water, and, as a final flourish, a baby elephant borrowed from the London Zoo pulled a five-foot-high birthday cake.
In three generations, the D’Oyly Carte family and London’s Savoy Hotel pioneered the idea of the luxury hotel and the modern theater, propelled Gilbert and Sullivan to lasting stardom, made Oscar Wilde a transatlantic celebrity, inspired a P. G. Wodehouse series, and popularized early jazz, electric lights, and Art Deco.
Following the history of the iconic Savoy Hotel through three generations of the D’Oyly Carte family, The Secret Life of the Savoy brings to life the extraordinary cultural legacy of the most famous hotel in the world.
©2020 by Olivia Williams (P)2021 by Headline Publishing Group LimitedInteresting
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Ps. Maybe listen to chapter by chapter. I’m sure I didn’t take it all in….
Insightful, intriguing and interesting
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Fascinating
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Fascinating Tale of an iconic legacy
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Fascinating.
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The narrator was clear but very mechanical.
The Savoy
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A history of its best days and old world charm, littered with movie stars, and the famous, until the passing of the last family member.
Well worth your time.
Old world elegance
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Very interesting life of Savoy and its creators.
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Fascinating family
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Not so Secret
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