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29%OFFJames Macmanus - Black Venus - 9780715647424 - V9780715647424
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Black Venus

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Description for Black Venus Hardcover. A dramatic new novel about the tempestuous romance between Baudelaire and his muse, Jeanne Duval, in bohemian Paris Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 610.

In nineteenth century Paris, the young bohemian Charles Baudelaire roams the streets. Dressed impeccably - thanks to an inheritance that is quickly vanishing - and lost in the decadences of alcohol and opium, he is about to meet one woman destined to change his life forever: the beautiful Haitian cabaret singer, Jeanne Duval.

Inspiring Baudelaire's most infamous poems - leading to the banning of his masterwork, Les Fleurs du Mal, and a scandalous public trial for obscenity - Duval becomes Baudelaire's muse, the catalyst for a legacy spanning centuries. Their volatile and passionate affair explodes through the Parisian literary ... Read more

Unfolding among the bars and salons during revolutionary times, Black Venus is an intoxicating story of love and betrayal in which drugs, absinthe and lust prove the making, and the destruction, of a great poet.

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Product Details

Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780715647424
SKU
V9780715647424
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Ref
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About James Macmanus
James MacManus is the managing director of The Times Literary Supplement. After studying at St Andrews University he began his career in journalism at the Daily Express in Manchester. Joining The Guardian in 1972, he later became Paris, and then Africa and Middle East Correspondent. He is the author of several novels including Black Venus, Sleep in Peace Tonight, Midnight ... Read more

Reviews for Black Venus
'James MacManus’s Black Venus is a vivid re-creation of bohemian Paris in the middle of the 19th century... an engrossing, moving portrait of doomed love and genius' Sunday Times 'A vivid portrait of Paris during a turbulent period in its history, as well as an insightful exploration of the often self-destructive nature of genius' Mail Online 'This novel is a vivid recreation ... Read more

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