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16%OFFLee Langley - Conversation on the Quai Voltaire - 9780099492924 - V9780099492924
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Conversation on the Quai Voltaire

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Description for Conversation on the Quai Voltaire Paperback. Collector, adventurer and artist, Vivant Denon was a youthful courtier at Versailles; he lived through the French Revolution, and galloped across Egypt with Bonaparte. He found world fame without seeking it, risking his life and happiness in an endless quest, a love affair with art. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.

Collector, adventurer and artist, Vivant Denon was a youthful courtier at Versailles; he lived through the French Revolution, and galloped across Egypt with Bonaparte. A skilled survivor, he knew everyone and found world fame without seeking it, risking his life and happiness in an endless quest, a love affair with art.

Taking a real historical figure, his extraordinary life, his passions, his friendship with Napoleon and the Venetian contessa who was Denon's great love, Lee Langley has created a rich canvas that captures the dying grandeur of Venice, Robespierre's terror, the battle of the Nile and a dazzling liaison ... Read more, alongside a tender love story. With wit and imaginative invention, she brings to life a tumultuous period and a fascinating man.

Living in his shadow is Baptiste, his servant, watching as his master, ever closer to Napoleon, fills the Louvre museum with treasures looted from the enemies of France. Denon's private life is also open to the valet's watchful eye. And he too has hopes. And secrets.

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099492924
SKU
V9780099492924
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
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About Lee Langley
Lee Langley is the author of nine highly praised novels including Changes of Address (shortlisted for the Hawthornden Prize) and Persistent Rumours (winner of a Commonwealth Writers' prize). Her adaptation 'The Tenth Man', based on a Graham Greene story, was made into an award-winning movie starring Anthony Hopkins and Derek Jacobi. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of ... Read more

Reviews for Conversation on the Quai Voltaire
A thoroughly enjoyable historical romp, well-researched, elegantly written
Moira Jeffrey
Glasgow Herald
An absorbing read
Sophie Harrison
Sunday Times
The novelist's own passion for and dedication to her subject translates into an easy - and enjoyable - historical romp
Jennifer Potter
Times Literary Supplement
A novel of compelling power. Her habitually ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Conversation on the Quai Voltaire


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