THE ELEGANT ECCENTRIC: The Beatrice De Rothschild-Ephrussi Gardens & Collection with Sylvia Sagona

Inheriting the wealth of two branches of the Rothschilds’ fortune, Beatrice could afford to travel with a suitcase full of wigs and construct a Renaissance/Moorish mansion amid seven themed gardens overlooking the deep blue of the Bay of Angels near Nice.

SYLVIA SAGONA is an internationally recognised specialist on 19th century French society. She retired from the French Department at the University of Melbourne to work on historical documentaries for French and Australian television and is currently researching a book on Parisian women in the 19th century.