Frontispiece Promenade des Anglais, from Hugh MacMillan, The Riviera, 1892, J. S. Virtue & Co.
1 Parc Sainte-Claire, Edith Wharton’s garden, courtesy Ville d’Hyères 3
Map of the French Riviera 11
2 Marie Bashkirtseff, photograph, Walery, 1875, courtesy Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret, Nice 17
3 Site of a former villa of Marie Bashkirtseff, 63 Promenade des Anglais, Nice, author’s photograph 21
4 Marie Bashkirtseff, Autoportrait en pied (Full-length Portrait), courtesy Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret, Nice 48
5 Marie Bashkirtseff’s tomb, Passy Cemetery, Paris, author’s photograph 50
6 Villa Isola Bella, Menton, author’s photograph 60
7 Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry at the Villa Isola Bella, Menton, France, Ref: 1/2-011908-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand 65
8 Casino de Monte Carlo, early twentieth century LL. postcard 85
9 Alice Williamson, photograph, Frederic G. Hodsoll, National Portrait Gallery, London 91
10 Théâtre de Monte Carlo (Salle Garnier), author’s photograph 120
11 Le Train Bleu, 1924, Library of Congress, Washington 135
12 Leon Woizikovsky, Lydia Sokolova, Bronislava Nijinska, and Anton Dolin in Le Train Bleu at the London Coliseum, photo by Sasha, 1924, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 138
13 Rebecca West, photograph, Howard Coster, 1934, National Portrait Gallery, London 146
14 La Treille Muscate, Hemis/Alamy Stock Photo 177
15 Colette, Everett Collection Inc/Alamy Stock Photo 182
16 Gerald Murphy canoeing with children, Sara and Gerald Murphy Papers, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, © Estate of Honoria Murphy Donnelly/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY 213
17 Villa America, children’s art show, Sara and Gerald Murphy Papers, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, © Estate of Honoria Murphy Donnelly/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY 219
18 Honoria Murphy in Paulo Picasso’s harlequin suit, Sara and Gerald Murphy Papers, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, © Estate of Honoria Murphy Donnelly/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY 223
19 Cover of Elizabeth David’s A Book of Mediterranean Food, front half only, © Estate of John Minton/Bridgeman Images 258
20 Julia Child in The French Chef, Grange Historical Picture Archive/Alamy Stock Photo 261