Champagne Widows - Rosenberg, Rebecca
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Champagne, France, 1800. Twenty-year-old Barbe-Nicole inherited Le Nez (an uncanny sense of smell) from her great-grandfather, a renowned champagne maker. Determined to use Le Nez to make great champagne, she learns her childhood sweetheart, François Clicquot, wants to start a winery and marries him despite his mental illness. Her husband's tragic death forces her to become Veuve (Widow) Clicquot and grapple with a domineering partner, the complexities of making champagne, and six Napoleon wars, which cripple her ability to sell champagne. When she falls in love with her sales manager, Louis…mehr

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Champagne, France, 1800. Twenty-year-old Barbe-Nicole inherited Le Nez (an uncanny sense of smell) from her great-grandfather, a renowned champagne maker. Determined to use Le Nez to make great champagne, she learns her childhood sweetheart, François Clicquot, wants to start a winery and marries him despite his mental illness. Her husband's tragic death forces her to become Veuve (Widow) Clicquot and grapple with a domineering partner, the complexities of making champagne, and six Napoleon wars, which cripple her ability to sell champagne. When she falls in love with her sales manager, Louis Bohne, who asks her to marry, she must choose between losing her winery to her husband, as dictated by Napoleon Code, or losing Louis. In the ultimate showdown, Veuve Clicquot risks imprisonment and even death, defying Napoleon himself.
Autorenporträt
Rebecca Rosenberg is a champagne geek, lavender farmer, and multi-award-winning and bestselling author of several historical novels about extraordinary women. Her novels, including the Gold Digger series and the Champagne Widows series, celebrate the strength and spirit of women who dared to defy convention. Growing up in Denver, Colorado, she was captivated by the story of Baby Doe Tabor, a woman whose life mirrored the boom and bust of the Wild West, and her daughter. Silver Dollar, the subject of her latest novel, Silver Echoes. When not writing, Rebecca can be found sipping champagne, stomping grapes, or exploring ghost towns!