false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255781139m/6556778.jpg 3177784 8 <b>The story of the visionary young widow who built a champagne empire, showed the world how to live with style, and emerged a legend</b> Veuve Clicquot champagne epitomizes glamour, style, and luxury. But who was this young widow&#8212;the Veuve Clicquot&#8212;whose champagne sparkled at the courts of France, Britain, and Russia, and how did she rise to celebrity and fortune?</p> <p>In <i>The Widow Clicquot</i>, Tilar J. Mazzeo brings to life&#8212;for the first time&#8212;the fascinating woman behind the iconic yellow label: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin. A young witness to the dramatic events of the French Revolution and a new widow during the chaotic years of the Napoleonic Wars, Barbe-Nicole defied convention by assuming&#8212;after her husband's death&#8212;the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured. Steering the company through dizzying political and financial reversals, she became one of the world's first great businesswomen and one of the richest women of her time. </p> <p>Although the Widow Clicquot is still a legend in her native France, her story has never been told in all its richness&#8212;until now. Painstakingly researched and elegantly written, <i>The Widow Clicquot</i> provides a glimpse into the life of a woman who arranged clandestine and perilous champagne deliveries to Russia one day and entertained Napoléon and Joséphine Bonaparte on another. She was a daring and determined entrepreneur, a bold risk taker, and an audacious and intelligent woman who took control of her own destiny when fate left her on the brink of financial ruin. Her legacy lives on today, not simply through the famous product that still bears her name, but now through Mazzeo's finely crafted book. As much a fascinating journey through the process of making this temperamental wine as a biography of a uniquely tempered woman, <i>The Widow Clicquot</i> is utterly intoxicating.</p> 3210401 1 11 2008 The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It total:158|5:15|4:57|3:62|2:22|1:2| 158 535 446 68 4 1 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 16:07:09 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 16:13:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 09 06:48:20 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 06:49:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 14:19:08 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 20:27:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 27 10:12:31 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 10:15:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 09:54:20 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 14:01:19 -0700 2009
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