The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Fa

Very interesting story behind the Cartier empire.

Tout aussi passionnant en Français qu'en Anglais.

The history of the Cartier’s is filled with intrigue and tales of fabulous wealth, power and majesty, wrapped up in style and detailed craftsmanship. Combine all this with personal anecdotes and factual history and you get a well written story of great interest, a pleasure to read.

This book is really brilliant. It isn’t a picture book like a coffee-table book First of all, if you’re a reader, 600+ pages is not really a long book for what it covers; which is why it took 10 years to write. It’s filled with comprehensive, authenticated information from access that a writer/biographer wouldn’t normally have access It really is a story about the process to create a successful. Hard work and perseverance through bad times such as the first- and second-world war. Diplomatic relationships between owner and consumer. Creating a product that kept its relevancy over 150 years. I loved the inclusion of family thoughts as it gave the book personality. These relationships affect everything in any family business. I think the three brothers did an excellent job in identifying strengths (both staff and themselves), creating teams of experts. To see an earring design out of the curve of a vase or to see a color combination from a historic object without copying is astonishing. Buy this book not just for the allure of the beautiful objects, but because it covers a lot of business principles and clever deal-making which was the key behind their enduring legacy in history.

A very interesting and well written book about the family behind this fabulous Maison.