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The Vanity Fair Diaries, The Diana Chronicles 2 Books Collection Set By Tina Brown:
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The Vanity Fair Diaries, The Diana Chronicles 2 Books Collection Set By Tina
The Vanity Fair
The Vanity Fair Diaries is the story of an Englishwoman barely out of her twenties who arrives in New York City with a dream. Summoned from London in hopes that she can save Condé Nast's troubled new flagship Vanity Fair, Tina Brown is immediately plunged into the maelstrom of the competitive New York media world and the backstabbing rivalries at the court of the planet's slickest.
The Diana
Was she “the people’s princess,” who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she manipulative and media-savvy and nearly brought down the monarchy? Tina Brown, former Editor-in-Chief of Tatler, England’s glossiest gossip magazine; Vanity Fair; and The New Yorker gives us the answers. Tina knew Diana personally and has far-reaching insight into the royals and the Queen herself.
The Vanity Fair Diaries, The Diana Chronicles 2 Books Collection Set By Tina
The Vanity Fair
The Vanity Fair Diaries is the story of an Englishwoman barely out of her twenties who arrives in New York City with a dream. Summoned from London in hopes that she can save Condé Nast's troubled new flagship Vanity Fair, Tina Brown is immediately plunged into the maelstrom of the competitive New York media world and the backstabbing rivalries at the court of the planet's slickest.
The Diana
Was she “the people’s princess,” who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she manipulative and media-savvy and nearly brought down the monarchy? Tina Brown, former Editor-in-Chief of Tatler, England’s glossiest gossip magazine; Vanity Fair; and The New Yorker gives us the answers. Tina knew Diana personally and has far-reaching insight into the royals and the Queen herself.
1025 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2022
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July 16, 2024
Read her Vanity Fair Diaries only (why is there no standalone listing!) for store book club and assigned reading has never been so fun.
Absolutely dishy and extremely quotable. Not knowing or caring about the bigwigs didn’t put a dent in ability to my delight in the highs and lows and rollicking fun. Tina Brown writes with an editor’s panache, capturing the perfect anecdote and pull quote out of any conversation.
The big lesson of this book though is an important one for me, a corrective to my snobbery. I had thought ah Tina Brown, royals and tabloid and splashy lady, that stands at odds with intellectual heft and moral seriousness but NO! Having a commercial sensibility didn’t in her case mean she didn’t have the curiosity and depth of knowledge and chops to go deep. (The Oxford education certainly helped her ability to make such highbrow literary jokes.)
I left this book with a lot of respect for her. She truly understands the collaborative creative endeavor, the soaring heights a person can attain when working with a team of others who are similarly oriented. She loves the details—how images can communicate tone and emotion, the importance of a pithy caption, pacing through a magazine, witty details sprinkled throughout.
When I think of the magazine I have loved the most and longest, New York magazine, I see that so much of it is a tribute to her and her sensibilities. Mix high and low and treat celebrity with the same seriousness you would Gorbachev or Salvadoran military operations. Inject humor. Be daring!
The other major themes woven through the book will shock no one: power and money begets power and money. Being a mom and an executive is impossible. Sexism abounds.
Absolutely dishy and extremely quotable. Not knowing or caring about the bigwigs didn’t put a dent in ability to my delight in the highs and lows and rollicking fun. Tina Brown writes with an editor’s panache, capturing the perfect anecdote and pull quote out of any conversation.
The big lesson of this book though is an important one for me, a corrective to my snobbery. I had thought ah Tina Brown, royals and tabloid and splashy lady, that stands at odds with intellectual heft and moral seriousness but NO! Having a commercial sensibility didn’t in her case mean she didn’t have the curiosity and depth of knowledge and chops to go deep. (The Oxford education certainly helped her ability to make such highbrow literary jokes.)
I left this book with a lot of respect for her. She truly understands the collaborative creative endeavor, the soaring heights a person can attain when working with a team of others who are similarly oriented. She loves the details—how images can communicate tone and emotion, the importance of a pithy caption, pacing through a magazine, witty details sprinkled throughout.
When I think of the magazine I have loved the most and longest, New York magazine, I see that so much of it is a tribute to her and her sensibilities. Mix high and low and treat celebrity with the same seriousness you would Gorbachev or Salvadoran military operations. Inject humor. Be daring!
The other major themes woven through the book will shock no one: power and money begets power and money. Being a mom and an executive is impossible. Sexism abounds.
January 30, 2025
only read VF diaries but this is the only listing for it
just loved it
just loved it
June 26, 2024
So fun and interesting — a different journalistic landscape filled with lots of ad money, would've been nice!
October 7, 2024
I loved this book. High society in nyc in the 80s plus a lot about her being a mom
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November 7, 2024a little longwinded! but i'll be honest i finished this months ago and forgot to log it
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