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True Pleasures: A Memoir of Women in Paris

par Lucinda Holdforth

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Meet the dazzling women of Paris; from Colette to Nancy Mitford; Marie Antoinette to Coco Chanel; Napoleon's Josephine to Edith Wharton. Rule-breakers and style-setters, these women were utterly diverse, yet they shared one common passion - Paris, the world's headquarters of femininity. At a turning point in her life, Lucinda Holdforth journeys to Paris and takes a very personal tour through the lives, loves and losses of its celebrated women. She evokes the incarnations of the city from Louis XIV through the French Revolution, two world wars and the Paris of the new millennium. And, as she walks in their footsteps, Lucinda draws inspiration from the fascinating women who created and nurtured the world's most civilised city. This enjoyable companion will seduce and delight - and inspire every woman in search of her own true pleasures...… (plus d'informations)

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Yes, it's an Australian woman riffing on life in Paris. It's not normally the type of book I care for but, through the torturous link that I once met the chap she dedicates "True Pleasures" to, I found myself reading it.

Holdsworth does use some flowery language and does go on somewhat but her references to sadly obscure French writers and intellectuals, and even the late Margaret Whitlam cops a mention. The book could have been far worse. (

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MiaCulpa | Jan 22, 2015 |

This is a wonderful book. I took it to Paris with me and read it in the gardens the of the famous salons: PLACE DES VOSGES. It was just the ticket. A great guide and really makes you see a totaly different perspective of Paris. I love this book. (

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irisrose | Jan 27, 2010 |

This is a utterly captivating and enchanting travelogue of an Australian writer who goes to Paris in search of the reason that certain expatriate literary lionesses in history blossomed and found their voice when the moved to Paris It also features significant French women in history who contributed to a culture which allowed these author's to find an independence as a woman when only in Paris. The doyennes run a gamut: George Sand, Madame de Pompadour, Coco Chanel, Colette, Ninon de Lanclos, Germaine De Stael, Marie Antoinette, Empress Josephine, Nancy Mitford and Edith Wharton. I'm a feminist (although Male) and cannot read enough about women throughout history. I have a particular devotion to courtesans and queen regnants throughout history. This book certainly fed nourished me on many levels. Encore! Ms. Holdforth. (

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mgaulding | Mar 23, 2008 |

Holdforth traces the lives of very different women throughout Paris. She makes some very true comments about life in Paris as a foreigner and has some interesting insights on urban living and the Parisian influence. I felt however that the book lacks structure, that it was neither really about Paris nor the women described - ultimately it's about Holdforth herself and finding her own place, but this is not clear until the very end. A limited view on French culture. (

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Cecilturtle | Aug 28, 2007 |

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Meet the dazzling women of Paris; from Colette to Nancy Mitford; Marie Antoinette to Coco Chanel; Napoleon's Josephine to Edith Wharton. Rule-breakers and style-setters, these women were utterly diverse, yet they shared one common passion - Paris, the world's headquarters of femininity. At a turning point in her life, Lucinda Holdforth journeys to Paris and takes a very personal tour through the lives, loves and losses of its celebrated women. She evokes the incarnations of the city from Louis XIV through the French Revolution, two world wars and the Paris of the new millennium. And, as she walks in their footsteps, Lucinda draws inspiration from the fascinating women who created and nurtured the world's most civilised city. This enjoyable companion will seduce and delight - and inspire every woman in search of her own true pleasures...

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