{"product_id":"conde-nast-the-man-and-his-empire-a-biography-by-susan-ronald","title":"Condé Nast The Man and His Empire -- A Biography by Susan Ronald","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first biography in over thirty years of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondé Nast, the pioneering publisher of \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e and main rival to media magnate William Randolph Hearst.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondé Nast’s life and career was as high profile and glamourous as his magazines. Moving to New York in the early twentieth century with just the shirt on his back, he soon became the highest paid executive in the United States, acquiring \u003ci\u003eVogue \u003c\/i\u003ein 1909 and \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair \u003c\/i\u003ein 1913. Alongside his editors, Edna Woolman Chase at \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e and Frank Crowninshield at \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, he built the first-ever international magazine empire, introducing European modern art, style, and fashions to an American audience. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCredited with creating the “café society,” Nast became a permanent fixture on the international fashion scene and a major figure in New York society. His superbly appointed apartment at 1040 Park Avenue, decorated by the legendary Elsie de Wolfe, became a gathering place for the major artistic figures of the time. Nast launched the careers of icons like Cecil Beaton, Clare Boothe Luce, Lee Miller, Dorothy Parker and Noel Coward. He left behind a legacy that endures today in media powerhouses such as Anna Wintour, Tina Brown, and Graydon Carter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with the cooperation of his family on both sides of the Atlantic and a dedicated team at Condé Nast Publications, critically acclaimed biographer Susan Ronald reveals the life of an extraordinary American success story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781250180032\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43016155103295,"sku":null,"price":17.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/2715253482633.jpg?v=1773745675","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/conde-nast-the-man-and-his-empire-a-biography-by-susan-ronald","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}