From the March 1997 Issue She Made History More Interesting Enchantress: Marthe Bibesco and Her World By Christine Sutherland LR
From the May 1997 Issue Nin in Everything Fire: The Unpublished, Unexpurgated Diary, 1934–1937 By Anaïs Nin LR
From the March 1998 Issue Another Madeleine Christian Dior: The Man who Made the World Look New By Marie-France Pochna (Translated by Joanna Savill) LR
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