02299cam a2200421 i 4500 1840684610 TxAuBib 20241226120000.0 241206s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781668061886 hardback 1668061880 hardback (OCoLC)1477954619 TxAuBib rda Macintosh, Kate, author. The champagne letters : a novel / Kate MacIntosh. First Gallery Books hardcover edition. New York : Gallery Books, 2024. 343 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. "Reims, France, 1805. Barbe-Nicole Clicquot has just lost her beloved husband but is determined to pursue their dream of creating the premier champagne house in France, now named for her new identity as a widow: Veuve Clicquot. With the Russians poised to invade, competitors fighting for her customers, and the Napoleonic court politics complicating matters, she must set herself apart quickly and permanently if she, and her business, are to survive. In present day Chicago, broken from her divorce, Natalie Taylor runs away to Paris. In a book stall by the Seine, Natalie finds a collection of the Widow Clicquot's published letters and uses them as inspiration to step out of her comfort zone and create a new, empowered life for herself. But when her Parisian escape takes a shocking and unexpected turn, she's forced to make a choice"-- Provided by publisher. 20241226. Clicquot-Ponsardin, Barbe-Nicole, 1777-1866 Fiction. Widows Fiction. Divorced women Fiction. Champagne (Wine) Fiction. Vineyards Fiction. Wineries Fiction. Letters Fiction. Self-actualization (Psychology) in women Fiction. Reims (France) Social life and customs 19th century Fiction. Paris (France) Fiction. France History 1789-1815 Fiction. Historical fiction. fast Biographical fiction. fast