The story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the Chateau de l'Horizon near Cannes, covering a span of forty years, from the time when Coco Chanel made southern French tans fashionable in the twenties to the death of the playboy Prince Aly Khan in 1960.

Gaston is weary of the conventions of society. He is a rich playboy and is the scion of a wealthy Parisian family who wants to find emotional refuge from the superficial lifestyle of upper class Parisian 1900s society. He seeks refuge with the former mistress of his uncle and her outgoing, tomboy granddaughter, Gigi. She is a youthful courtesan-in-training. When Gaston becomes aware that Gigi has matured into a woman, her grandmother and aunt urge...

""Macron, c'est moi en mieux", confiait Nicolas Sarkozy en juin 2017. En pire, rectifient Michel Pinçon et Monique Pinçon-Charlot. Huit ans après Le Président des riches, les sociologues de la grande bourgeoisie poursuivent leur travail d'enquête sur la dérive oligarchique du pouvoir en France. Au-delà du mépris social évident dont témoignent les petites phrases du président sur "ceux qui ne sont rien", les auteurs documentent la réalité...