Tag: Paris
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AFTER the ROMANOVS by HELEN RAPPAPORT
After the Romanovs, the story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought freedom and refuge in the City of Light. Ms. Rappaport has given us a well-researched story of Paris before and after the Russian Revolution and what led to the downfall of the Romanov dynasty. Paris has always been a gathering…
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VICTORINE a Novel by Drema Drudge
Victorine Meurent. You may not know the name, but you know her. Take a look at Manet’s Olympia or Picnic on the Grass. Victorine models for many artists. She is living in Paris, posing nude or clothed. But her secret desire is to be the painter, not the model. In 1863, a woman artist is…
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THE LITTLE BOOKSHOP ON THE SEINE by REBECCA RAISIN
Sarah Smith is a small-town girl. Opening her own bookshop at 19, she lives between the pages of romance books. She has great friends, and a hot journalist boyfriend as well. One day out of the blue, her friend Sophie from Paris, calls to suggest they swap places for six months! Running each other’s shops…