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Eleanor Herman, author of Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge " Finerman cleverly weaves her touching story, populated with colorful, artistic characters, through a period in the political and artistic history of France that is rich with drama.

brings to life the tinseled, tawdry art world of Second Empire Paris. Pamela Aidan, author of An Assembly Such As This " As vivid, bold, and seductive as a Manet painting. Mademoiselle Victorine rides the Parisian whirlwind, taking the reader so deep into the heart of that glittering and dangerous era that putting the book down will not be an option. Eleanor Herman, author ofSex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge, Mademoiselle Victorine plunges the reader into the volatile mix of art and political intrigue in 1860s Paris through the fascinating person of Victorine Laurent, whose rapid, determined rise from dancer to courtesan of kings exposes the lives and passions of her time. Pamela Aidan, author of An Assembly Such As This "As vivid, bold, and seductive as a Manet painting…brings to life the tinseled, tawdry art world of Second Empire Paris.

Eleanor Herman, author of "Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge" " Finerman cleverly weaves her touching story, populated with colorful, artistic characters, through a period in the political and artistic history of France that is rich with drama." Susanne Dunlap, author of "Emilie' s Voice" and "Liszt' s Kiss", Mademoiselle Victorineplunges the reader into the volatile mix of art and political intrigue in 1860s Paris through the fascinating person of Victorine Laurent, whose rapid, determined rise from dancer to courtesan of kings exposes the lives and passions of her time. Pamela Aidan, author of" ""An Assembly Such As This" " As vivid, bold, and seductive as a Manet painting. "Mademoiselle Victorine" plunges the reader into the volatile mix of art and political intrigue in 1860s Paris through the fascinating person of Victorine Laurent, whose rapid, determined rise from dancer to courtesan of kings exposes the lives and passions of her time.