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November 2019
Can't Afford a Shopping Spree at Cartier? This Book Is the Next Best Thing
A human story — one even the unadorned will read with pleasure.
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Print & Online
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November 2019
The Glittering Rise of the Cartiers
Ms Cartier Brickell's meticulous, elegantly wrought narrative bears the Cartier hallmark.
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December 2020
Financial Times
A Family Saga of Luxury and Ambition
An intimate portrait of the family behind one of the world's most recognizable brands.
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December 2019
The Wall Street Journal
The Cartiers Review: Never Copy, Only Create
Ms. Cartier Brickell has done her grandfather proud.
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December 2019
Secret History of the Hope Diamond: Book Excerpt from The Cartiers
Francesca Cartier Brickell's art of weaving the personal and historical together shows her mastery as a born storyteller.
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November 2020
The Cartiers: A Mesmerising History of the Jewellery Family
Early-20th-century social history, told through the lens of a single, now incredibly famous family.
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December 2020
How a Tiny Parisian Store Became a Global Jewellery Brand
The Cartier family had, for four generations, a ringside view of events that shaped the world as we know it.
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November 2020
When Cartier Was the Girl's Best Friend
The story of the family's rise from simple artisans to originators, creators, super salesmen and friends to the rich and famous is extraordinary.
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Online
October 2020
A New Book Narrates the Story of the Cartier Family
As a sixth-generation Cartier, Francesca Cartier Brickell gives readers an exclusive behind-the-scenes insight into the rise of the brand birthed by her ancestors.
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Online
October 2020
The Cartiers by Francesca Cartier Brickell
A deep dive into the history of Cartier watchmaking through the lens of family correspondence and archival materials.
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Online
December 2020
The Jewelry Loupe
Five Things You Didn't Know About Cartier
Fascinating insights from The Cartiers about the family business.
Online
January 2021
Smithsonian Magazine
The Art Deco Jewelers Who Transformed Luxury
How the Cartier family helped define the aesthetic of an era.
Online
March 2026
El Mundo de Regina
"The Cartiers" reveals the myths and family secrets of the jewellery empire
Great-great-great-granddaughter of Louis-François Cartier opens the family archive to tell the story, intrigues and legacy behind the jewellery house.
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Online
March 2026
Marca
"Los Cartier" — the untold story behind the jewellery empire
Francesca Cartier Brickell, direct descendant of the Cartier family, discusses the research behind the book with journalist Claudia Cortés.
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March 2026
La Vanguardia Magazine
Diamonds by correspondence: the never-told story of the Cartier family
Great-great-great-granddaughter of Cartier's founder publishes the story of her family.
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Online
March 2018
The Jewellery Editor
Francesca Cartier Brickell: writing the untold story of the family behind Cartier
The earliest published profile of the research project, based on conversations with her grandfather Jean-Jacques Cartier and the family archive of letters, photographs, sketches, and documents.
Online
March 2020
Champagne Gem
In Conversation with Francesca Cartier Brickell
A personal Q&A covering the ten-year research process and what it taught her about herself and her ancestors. Five words she uses to describe herself: curious, positive, family-focused, determined, perfectionist.
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Online
June 2020
Katerina Perez
Francesca Cartier Brickell on The Cartiers
Interview covering her Oxford English Literature degree, career in finance before writing, and the trunk of family correspondence that became the catalyst for the book. On the Cartier family: strong values, ambition, a shared vision to be the best.
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Online
2020
Talking The Cartiers with Wu Chen of the Economist China
Video interview with Wu Chen of the Economist China, covering the history of the Cartier family and the decade of research behind the book.
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Online
September 2023
Sotheby's
Francesca Cartier Brickell on Writing The Cartiers
Interview covering the trunk of family letters found in her grandfather's cellar that triggered a decade of research, and her definition of the Cartier style: marrying simplicity and symmetry with Parisian elegance, free from unnecessary embellishments.
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Online
March 2026
How She Found a Suitcase Full of Her Famous Jewellery Dynasty's History
Q&A interview by Romana Schützová. Francesca Cartier Brickell discusses discovering the suitcase of family letters in her grandfather's cellar, following her great-grandfather Jacques's footsteps through India and Sri Lanka, and confirms she is writing a new book about watches.
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Online
March 2026
El Periódico
The untold story of the Cartier jewellery empire: from Wallis Simpson to Liz Taylor and Jackie Kennedy
Francesca Cartier Brickell, a descendant of the dynasty, publishes a rigorous and revealing volume about the behind-the-scenes of the dynasty that revolutionised haute joaillerie and captivated princesses, heiresses, maharajas and Hollywood legends.
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October 2022
Le Monde
The Cartiers: A Family in Gold
Full feature chronicle in the M Styles supplement.
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October 2022
Le Figaro
Francesca Cartier Brickell, Family Goldsmith
Portrait of the author and her decade of research into the Cartier family archives.
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October 2022
Madame Figaro
The Cartiers: The Book That Goes to the Roots of This Family Affair
A US bestseller that sheds new and intimate light on the men who wrote the legend.
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December 2022
Le Point
The Jewels of Paris: Cartier, the Family Side
Ten years of research combining family conversations, testimonies from former employees and in-depth analysis.
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2022
Point de Vue
The Cartier Saga Told by Francesca Cartier Brickell
The Cartier saga as told by a direct descendant of the founding family.
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December 2022
La Libre Belgique
From Paris, London and New York: How the Cartiers Conquered the World
Francesca Cartier Brickell tells, after ten years of investigation, the history of her family.
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February 2023
Bilan
The Cartier Heiress Rewrites Her Family's History
The result of ten years of work, an opportunity to revisit certain aspects of the Cartier legacy.
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April 2024
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
About the Cartiers: What Was Needed Was Jewellery Fit for a Prince
Delivers an almost novelistically condensed narrative of the Cartier generations' lives.
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Print
2023
Handelsblatt
Cartier and the Perfect Pearl
Opulent and entertainingly readable 700 pages.
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November 2019
El País
The Story Behind the Cartier Saga: The 'Steve Jobs' of Jewellery
The untold story behind the world's most famous jewellery dynasty.
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March 2026
La Vanguardia
Diamonds by Post: The Untold Story of the Cartier Family
The untold story of the Cartier family, from a Parisian workshop to a global empire.
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Online
January 2026
매일경제 (Maeil Business Newspaper)
Three Brothers Whose Complementary Talents Shone
The book reveals how the three brothers' complementary talents created synergy.
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TV
November 2019
Sky News
Interview with Francesca Cartier Brickell
Discussing the untold story of the Cartier family and the new book.
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Radio
November 2019
Francesca Cartier Brickell on 'The Cartiers'
National Public Radio interview discussing the remarkable story of the Cartier family dynasty.
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Radio
October 2022
Europe 1
Au Coeur de l'Histoire
French radio interview with historian Stéphane Bern discussing the Cartier family's role in French luxury history.
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TV
2023
Czech Television
Interview about The Cartiers
Television interview discussing the Czech edition and the Cartier family's international influence.
Radio
February 2026
Belgian Launch Interview
French-language radio interview discussing the Belgian edition launch and the Cartier family's international legacy.
Podcasts
Podcast
May 2022
The Jewelry Journey Podcast
The Cartiers with Francesca Cartier Brickell
In-depth conversation about the Cartier family history, the research process, and the remarkable stories behind the jewelry empire.
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Podcast
May 2022
The Not Old Better Show / Smithsonian Associates
The Wondrous and Eventful Past of the Cartier Family
Smithsonian Associates interview series. Francesca Cartier Brickell discusses the history of the Cartier family across four generations.
The Cartiers is published in thirteen editions worldwide.
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