5 must-read biography memoir books like Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture by Justine Picardie

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Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

By: Justine Picardie

3.75

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

“Remarkable” ―Hamish Bowles, Vogue The overdue restoration of Catherine Dior's extraordinary life,…

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture by Justine Picardie , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris

By: Alicia Drake

4.04

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Drake presents a sublime and dramatic narrative about the high-chic fashion wars of 1970s Paris whe… read more

Similar categories in Alicia Drake's The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • fashion
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2. Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel, Nazi Agent

By: Hal Vaughan

3.29

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

Sleeping with the Coco Chanel, Nazi Agent read more

Similar categories in Hal Vaughan's Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel, Nazi Agent book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • fashion
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3. Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano

By: Dana Thomas

3.53

Format: 39 pages, Hardcover

More than two decades ago, John Galliano and Alexander McQueen arrived on the fashions scene when t… read more

Similar categories in Dana Thomas's Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • fashion

4. A Realm Divided: England in 1215

By: Dan Jones

3.93

Format: 300 pages,

1215 - the penultimate year of the reign of a king with the worst reputation of any in our history … read more

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5. Dior by Dior

By: Christian Dior

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

This autobiography gives a fascinating and detailed insight into the workings of a great fashion ho… read more

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6. The Invitation

By: Belinda Alexandra

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The sumptuous new novel set in the Gilded Age, from Belinda Alexandra, author of Tuscan Rose and Wh… read more

Similar categories in Belinda Alexandra's The Invitation book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • historical
  • france
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7. A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #4)

By: S.J. Bennett

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The royally brilliant fourth book in the Her Majesty the Queen Investigates mystery series! 1957… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Bennett's A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #4) book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • historical
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8. The Chocolate Factory

By: Mary-Lou Stephens

3.96

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

Love, friendship and dangerous secrets in the early years of Cadbury's Tasmanian factory. It's 1… read more

Similar categories in Mary-Lou Stephens's The Chocolate Factory book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • historical
Cover of Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by Laurence Leamer

9. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

By: Laurence Leamer

3.83

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scan… read more

Similar categories in Laurence Leamer's Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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10. The Royal Windsor Secret

By: Christine Wells

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Could she be the secret daughter of the Prince of Wales? In this dazzling novel by the author of Si… read more

Similar categories in Christine Wells's The Royal Windsor Secret book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • historical
  • france
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11. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

By: Helen Simonson

3.96

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more

Similar categories in Helen Simonson's The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • historical
Cover of L'Inconnue du portrait by Camille de Peretti

12. L'Inconnue du portrait

By: Camille de Peretti

4.28

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

«  La toile vibrait de beauté. Elle en avait le souffle coupé et se noyait dans l’œil bleu ciel piq… read more

Similar categories in Camille de Peretti's L'Inconnue du portrait book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • art
  • france
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13. Christian Dior: The Illustrated World of a Fashion Master

By: Megan Hess

4.32

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Christian The Illustrated World of a Fashion Master is a stunning illustrated biography of legenda… read more

Similar categories in Megan Hess's Christian Dior: The Illustrated World of a Fashion Master book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • fashion
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance by Ramie Targoff

14. Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance

By: Ramie Targoff

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shak… read more

Similar categories in Ramie Targoff's Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture by Justine Picardie

15. Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

By: Justine Picardie

3.75

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

“Remarkable” ―Hamish Bowles, Vogue The overdue restoration of Catherine Dior's extraordinary life,… read more

Similar categories in Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • fashion
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16. The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Dynasty

By: Natalie Livingstone

3.82

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

In The Women of Rothschild , Natalie Livingstone reveals the role of women in shaping the legacy of… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Livingstone's The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Dynasty book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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17. The Radio Hour

By: Victoria Purman

4.24

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Nurses' War comes this charming, funny, pointed look at the gold… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Purman's The Radio Hour book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • historical
"Too many women kept too many secrets. For too long, women had buried their ambitions and their intelligence, succumbed to the law of the land made by men, and put up with behaviour and situations no …"

-Victoria Purman, The Radio Hour

Cover of The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd

18. The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby

By: Ellery Lloyd

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Some women won't be painted out of history . . . Everybody knows that in 1938, runaway heiress a… read more

Similar categories in Ellery Lloyd's The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • art
  • historical
Cover of When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion by Julie Satow

19. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion

By: Julie Satow

4.06

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more

Similar categories in Julie Satow's When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • fashion
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest by Fawn Weaver

20. Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest

By: Fawn Weaver

4.34

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Embark on a captivating journey with Love & Whiskey. New York Times bestselling author Fawn Weaver … read more

Similar categories in Fawn Weaver's Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-Siecle Paris by Caroline Weber

21. Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-Siecle Paris

By: Caroline Weber

3.93

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the acclaimed Queen of Fashion--a brilliant look at the glittering world of turn… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Weber's Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-Siecle Paris book and Justine Picardie's Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • fashion

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