The Paris winter / Imogen Robertson.
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TextPublisher: Bath : Windsor/Paragon, 2013Edition: Large print editionDescription: 383 pages (large print) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781471346149 (hbk.); 9781471346156 (pbk.)Subject(s): Artists -- Fiction | Secrets -- Fiction | Paris (France) -- History -- 1870-1940 -- FictionGenre/Form: Large type books. Summary: Maud Heighton has come to Paris in 1909 to flee the constraints of her small English town. But while her fellow students enjoy the dazzling joys of the Belle Epoque, Maud slips into poverty. Quietly starving, and dreading another cold Paris winter, Maud takes a job as companion to young, beautiful Sylvie Morel. But Sylvie has a secret: an addiction to opium. As Maud is drawn into the Morels' world of elegant luxury, their secrets become hers. Before the New Year arrives, a greater deception will plunge her into the darkness that waits beneath this glittering city of light.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Large Print | F ROB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111048945941 |
Originally published: London: Headline Review.
Maud Heighton has come to Paris in 1909 to flee the constraints of her small English town. But while her fellow students enjoy the dazzling joys of the Belle Epoque, Maud slips into poverty. Quietly starving, and dreading another cold Paris winter, Maud takes a job as companion to young, beautiful Sylvie Morel. But Sylvie has a secret: an addiction to opium. As Maud is drawn into the Morels' world of elegant luxury, their secrets become hers. Before the New Year arrives, a greater deception will plunge her into the darkness that waits beneath this glittering city of light.
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