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The Romanov Empress, July 2019
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The Tudor Vendetta, November 2014
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The Tudor Conspiracy, July 2013
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The Queen's Vow, June 2012
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The Confessions Of Catherine De Medici, June 2011
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The Tudor Secret, February 2011
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The Last Queen, May 2009
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THE FIRST ACTRESS
By: C.W. Gortner

Ballantine Books
June 2020
On Sale: May 26, 2020
432 pages
ISBN: 1524799076
EAN: 9781524799076
Kindle: B07YJZDNCH
Hardcover / e-Book
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Fiction

“This novel about Sarah Bernhardt, the iconic French actress, is both a riveting portrait of the artist as a passionate young woman and a luscious historical novel full of period detail.”—Melanie Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of Mistress of the Ritz and The Aviator’s Wife

From her beginnings as the daughter of a courtesan to her extraordinary transformation into the most celebrated actress of her era, Sarah Bernhardt is brought to life by an internationally bestselling author praised for his historical novels featuring famous women.