Class with the Countess: How to Live with Elegance and Flair by Countess LuAnn de Lesseps

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The glamorous star of Bravo’s hit show The Real Housewives of New York City makes it easy to be elegant, with contemporary etiquette tips and a complete course in the art of sophisticated living.

Countess LuAnn deLesseps knows firsthand that class is state of mind, not a birthright. Raised in small-town Connecticut—half French- Canadian, half Native American—she worked as a registered nurse before she started modeling. On her first trip to Europe, she was awed by the lifestyle of the Italians and stayed, eventually becoming a TV personality. After three years of absorbing continental manners and style, she began a fairy-tale romance with Alexandre Count deLesseps, a French aristocrat of the Suez Canal dynasty, and married into a world of aristocrats.

She learned during her time in Europe that panache comes from within—not from an antiquated manual. Now she shares her savvy advice and her inspiring story in Class with the Countess, a guide in three parts, featuring:

• The Art of Being Yourself (in Any Situation): with tips for making a stellar first impression, exuding self-confidence, and dressing with style
• The Art of Making Others Comfortable: covering dazzling opening lines, correct table manners, and the protocols of giving and receiving gifts
• The Art of Seduction: brimming with ways to make yourself alluring to everyone you meet, including how to make a man feel good about himself

The twenty-first century’s answer to Emily Post, the Countess gives a new generation of women an exuberant and incomparable guide to modern social graces.

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Biography

Countess Luann de Lesseps is one of five stars of Bravo’s hit reality show The Real Housewives of New York City and has taught etiquette on numerous morning television shows including the regular segment “The Countess Culture” on Fox’s Good Day New York and “Meet the Countess” on CBS.

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