Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle by Mark Braude

Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle

Mark Braude

304 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history travel informative lighthearted fast-paced
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A rollicking narrative history of Monte Carlo, capturing its nineteenth-century rise as the world’s first modern casino-resort and its Jazz Age heyday as infamous playground of the rich.Monte Carlo has long been known as a dazzling playground for ...

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