A few days after Paris was liberated from the Nazis in August 1944, the most notorious fashion couturiere in the world collapsed on a hotel bed in Switzerland after escaping the French capital and certain death.
Join journalist and author, 
Richard Wallace
, on 
Thursday 4th September
 at 
7pm
, as he discusses the true, harrowing story of Chanel's escape from France in his new book, 
Chanel's War
. 
For 80 years, this incredible feat of courage, luck and ingenuity in the midst of immense danger has been deliberately shrouded in disinformation and secrecy by family, friends, wary governments, risk-averse business partners, and fellow collaborators. 
But now, with the aid of new information contained in previously unreleased private French Résistance papers and a new assessment of discredited evidence from organised crime figures, what really happened to Coco Chanel during that fascinating and scandalous period of her life between 1944 and 1954 can finally be revealed.
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Doors: 6.30pm, event starts: 7pm, please arrive early to secure a good seat.
The bookshop has level access, events are seated and speakers use microphones. If you have any concerns about accessibility, please do get in touch and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.
Refunds are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, we are unable to offer a refund after the event.
For more information or if you would like a signed copy because you can't make it to the event, please contact the Blackwell's events team on 0131 622 8222 or 
matthew.land@
waterstones.com
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