Bøker av Valerie Mendes

Explores all the significant developments in fashion since 1900. This book discusses many topics, the impact of the Internet on the fashion industry, the importance of new fashion centres in India and China and how fashion is now pluralistic, multi-cultural and fast moving.

After more than sixty years in publishing, Valerie Mendes steps aside from her own fiction to offer us a unique glimpse into the professional, pioneering and private strands of her life.In Not Only But Also we read about the major events that shaped her work, the people who encouraged her to write, and those who remain closest to her heart.Honest, witty, revealing and brave, Not Only But Also celebrates a unique and fascinating life."I found my mother's Memoir very touching." - Sir Sam Mendes CBE, Theatre and Film Director

When Beatrice married Victor Davenport she intended to have his children. He's a wealthy banker, used to getting his own way. Neither of them bargained for one summer's evening and its unexpected guest. Set in London, New York and Oxfordshire in 1911, this new novel explores a British marriage under threat, a family wrecked by infidelity and scandal - and an explosion of forbidden love.

In the tradition of THE FORSYTE SAGA, a sweeping historical novel that spans three generations, telling the dark secrets of a family torn apart.