Banners of silk
1st ed.
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Publication
1981 - Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
117,250 words, Guess
Page Count
469 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebannersofsilk00lake
- ISBN-100385159021
- ISBN-139780385159029
- Goodreads1406259
- LibraryThing643972
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- Library of Congress Control Number80001453
- OCLC Control Number6863035
- Better World BooksO7-ARE-150
- Better World BooksO7-AUP-001
- Open LibraryOL4093151M
Classifications
- DDC823/.914
- LCCPR6065.E9 B37 1981
Description
**She ruled an empire of elegance. Louise Vernet.** Raised in the slums of Paris. Coming of age around the splendor and corruption of the Second Empire. **She ruled the world of fashion, clothing the most fabled women of title and of pleasure in a society where even sin had to have style.** **She took as her lover a nobleman she could never wed** -- and **gave a name to their child by entering into a passionless marriage.** Sweeping from the Paris of Louis Napoleon to the England of Queen Victoria... and from the depths of despair to the heights of joy and fulfillment... **this is the unforgettable saga of a woman of daring and destiny -- and the dazzling world of French haute couture she helped create....**
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