The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman
As Paris teeters on the edge of the German occupation, a young French woman closes the door to her late grandmother’s treasure-filled apartment, unsure if she’ll ever return.
An elusive courtesan, Marthe de Florian cultivated a life of art and beauty, casting out all recollections of her impoverished childhood in the dark alleys of Montmartre. With Europe on the brink of war, she shares her story with her granddaughter Solange Beaugiron, using her prized possessions to reveal her innermost secrets. Most striking of all are a beautiful string of pearls and a magnificent portrait of Marthe painted by the Italian artist Giovanni Boldini. As Marthe’s tale unfolds, like velvet itself, stitched with its own shadow and light, it helps to guide Solange on her own path.
Inspired by the true account of an abandoned Parisian apartment, Alyson Richman brings to life Solange, the young woman forced to leave her fabled grandmother’s legacy behind to save all that she loved.
- File Name:the-velvet-hours-by-alyson-richman.epub
- Original Title:The Velvet Hours
- Creator:Alyson Richman
- Language:en-US
- Identifier:urn:uuid:d21f2d13-6f46-4a6a-9634-485b0ef96edf
- Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
- Date:2016-07-20T16:13:36Z
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Table of Content
- 1. Cover
- 2. Praise for THE VELVET HOURS
- 3. Books by Alyson Richman
- 4. Title Page
- 5. Copyright
- 6. Dedication
- 7. Epigraph
- 8. Contents
- 9. Prologue: Solange
- 10. Chapter 1: Marthe
- 11. Chapter 2: Marthe
- 12. Chapter 3: Marthe
- 13. Chapter 4: Solange
- 14. Chapter 5: Marthe
- 15. Chapter 6: Solange
- 16. Chapter 7: Marthe
- 17. Chapter 8: Solange
- 18. Chapter 9: Solange
- 19. Chapter 10: Marthe
- 20. Chapter 11: Solange
- 21. Chapter 12: Marthe
- 22. Chapter 13: Solange
- 23. Chapter 14: Marthe
- 24. Chapter 15: Marthe
- 25. Chapter 16: Marthe
- 26. Chapter 17: Marthe
- 27. Chapter 18: Marthe
- 28. Chapter 19: Solange
- 29. Chapter 20: Marthe
- 30. Chapter 21: Marthe
- 31. Chapter 22: Marthe
- 32. Chapter 23: Solange
- 33. Chapter 24: Solange
- 34. Chapter 25: Marthe
- 35. Chapter 26: Marthe
- 36. Chapter 27: Marthe
- 37. Chapter 28: Solange
- 38. Chapter 29: Solange
- 39. Chapter 30: Solange
- 40. Chapter 31: Solange
- 41. Chapter 32: Solange
- 42. Chapter 33: Marthe
- 43. Chapter 34: Marthe
- 44. Chapter 35: Marthe
- 45. Chapter 36: Marthe
- 46. Chapter 37: Solange
- 47. Chapter 38: Solange
- 48. Chapter 39: Solange
- 49. Chapter 40: Solange
- 50. Chapter 41: Marthe
- 51. Chapter 42: Solange
- 52. Chapter 43: Solange
- 53. Chapter 44
- 54. Chapter 45
- 55. Chapter 46
- 56. Chapter 47
- 57. Chapter 48
- 58. Chapter 49
- 59. Chapter 50
- 60. Chapter 51
- 61. Chapter 52
- 62. Chapter 53
- 63. Chapter 54: Solange
- 64. Epilogue: Solange
- 65. Author’s Note
- 66. Acknowledgments
- 67. Readers Guide