Hello, dear readers! I've got another Bookshelf Cleaning Giveaway for you and this time up for grabs is a trio of fabulous HF
novels! I've read and LOVED all three books, but due to an oversight I received double copies of each, so I am spreading the love to you!
When you enter to win please let me know which title you are interested in, you can choose all three if you like!
When you enter to win please let me know which title you are interested in, you can choose all three if you like!
Here are the books included in the giveaway, their formats and condition:
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. Gortner - Paperback ARC (with a few small kitten bite marks on one corner. Apparently Jasta kitten thought it was just as yummy as I did :)
For the King by Catherine Delors - Hardcover, finished copy, perfect condition
Claude & Camile: A Novel of Monet by Stephanie Cowell - Paperback ARC, perfect condition
About the Books
by C.W. Gortner
SYNOPSIS: The truth is, not one of us is innocent. We all have sins to confess.
So reveals Catherine de Medici, the last legitimate descendant of her
family’s illustrious line. Expelled from her native Florence, Catherine
is betrothed to Henri, son of François I of France. In an unfamiliar
realm, Catherine strives to create a role for herself through her
patronage of the famous clairvoyant Nostradamus and her own innate gift
as a seer. But in her fortieth year, Catherine is widowed, left alone
with six young children in a kingdom torn apart by the ambitions of a
treacherous nobility. Relying on her tenacity, wit, and uncanny gift for
compromise, Catherine seizes power, intent on securing the throne for
her sons, unaware that if she is to save France, she may have to
sacrifice her ideals, her reputation, and the secret of her embattled
heart.
by Catherine Delors
SYNOPSIS: From the author
of the critically acclaimed Mistress of the Revolution comes a
spellbinding historical thriller set in post- revolutionary Paris.
For her first novel, Mistress of the Revolution, which the Associated Press dubbed one of the "best reads of the year," Catherine Delors earned comparisons to Tracy Chevalier and Philippa Gregory. In For the King, she again demonstrates her matchless ability to illuminate key turning points in history while weaving a gripping story about a man caught between his heart and his integrity.
The Reign of Terror has ended, and Napoléon Bonaparte has seized power, but shifting political loyalties still tear apart families and lovers. On Christmas Eve 1800, a bomb explodes along Bonaparte's route, narrowly missing him but striking dozens of bystanders. Chief Inspector Roch Miquel, a young policeman with a bright future and a beautiful mistress, must arrest the assassins before they attack again. Complicating Miquel's investigation are the maneuverings of his superior, the redoubtable Fouché, the indiscretions of his own father, a former Jacobin, and two intriguing women.
Based on real events and characters and rich with historical detail, For the King takes readers through the dark alleys and glittering salons of post-revolutionary Paris and is a timeless epic of love, betrayal, and redemption.
For her first novel, Mistress of the Revolution, which the Associated Press dubbed one of the "best reads of the year," Catherine Delors earned comparisons to Tracy Chevalier and Philippa Gregory. In For the King, she again demonstrates her matchless ability to illuminate key turning points in history while weaving a gripping story about a man caught between his heart and his integrity.
The Reign of Terror has ended, and Napoléon Bonaparte has seized power, but shifting political loyalties still tear apart families and lovers. On Christmas Eve 1800, a bomb explodes along Bonaparte's route, narrowly missing him but striking dozens of bystanders. Chief Inspector Roch Miquel, a young policeman with a bright future and a beautiful mistress, must arrest the assassins before they attack again. Complicating Miquel's investigation are the maneuverings of his superior, the redoubtable Fouché, the indiscretions of his own father, a former Jacobin, and two intriguing women.
Based on real events and characters and rich with historical detail, For the King takes readers through the dark alleys and glittering salons of post-revolutionary Paris and is a timeless epic of love, betrayal, and redemption.
by Stephanie Cowell
SYNOPSIS: Sometimes he dreamt he held her; that he would turn in bed and she
would be there. But she was gone and he was old. Nearly seventy. Only
cool paint met his fingers. “Ma très chère . . .” Darkness started to
fall, dimming the paintings. He felt the crumpled letter in his pocket.
“I loved you so,” he said. “I never would have had it turn out as it
did. You were with all of us when we began, you gave us courage. These
gardens at Giverny are for you but I’m old and you’re forever young and
will never see them. . . .”
In the mid-nineteenth century, a young man named Claude Monet decided that he would rather endure a difficult life painting landscapes than take over his father’s nautical supplies business in a French seaside town. Against his father’s will, and with nothing but a dream and an insatiable urge to create a new style of art that repudiated the Classical Realism of the time, he set off for Paris.
But once there he is confronted with obstacles: an art world that refused to validate his style, extreme poverty, and a war that led him away from his home and friends. But there were bright spots as well: his deep, enduring friendships with men named Renoir, Cézanne, Pissarro, Manet – a group that together would come to be known as the Impressionists, and that supported each other through the difficult years. But even more illuminating was his lifelong love, Camille Doncieux, a beautiful, upper-class Parisian girl who threw away her privileged life to be by the side of the defiant painter and embrace the lively Bohemian life of their time.
His muse, his best friend, his passionate lover, and the mother to his two children, Camille stayed with Monet—and believed in his work—even as they lived in wretched rooms, were sometimes kicked out of those, and often suffered the indignities of destitution. She comforted him during his frequent emotional torments, even when he would leave her for long periods to go off on his own to paint in the countryside.
But Camille had her own demons – secrets that Monet could never penetrate, including one that when eventually revealed would pain him so deeply that he would never fully recover from its impact. For though Camille never once stopped loving the painter with her entire being, she was not immune to the loneliness that often came with being his partner.
A vividly-rendered portrait of both the rise of Impressionism and of the artist at the center of the movement, Claude and Camille is above all a love story of the highest romantic order.
In the mid-nineteenth century, a young man named Claude Monet decided that he would rather endure a difficult life painting landscapes than take over his father’s nautical supplies business in a French seaside town. Against his father’s will, and with nothing but a dream and an insatiable urge to create a new style of art that repudiated the Classical Realism of the time, he set off for Paris.
But once there he is confronted with obstacles: an art world that refused to validate his style, extreme poverty, and a war that led him away from his home and friends. But there were bright spots as well: his deep, enduring friendships with men named Renoir, Cézanne, Pissarro, Manet – a group that together would come to be known as the Impressionists, and that supported each other through the difficult years. But even more illuminating was his lifelong love, Camille Doncieux, a beautiful, upper-class Parisian girl who threw away her privileged life to be by the side of the defiant painter and embrace the lively Bohemian life of their time.
His muse, his best friend, his passionate lover, and the mother to his two children, Camille stayed with Monet—and believed in his work—even as they lived in wretched rooms, were sometimes kicked out of those, and often suffered the indignities of destitution. She comforted him during his frequent emotional torments, even when he would leave her for long periods to go off on his own to paint in the countryside.
But Camille had her own demons – secrets that Monet could never penetrate, including one that when eventually revealed would pain him so deeply that he would never fully recover from its impact. For though Camille never once stopped loving the painter with her entire being, she was not immune to the loneliness that often came with being his partner.
A vividly-rendered portrait of both the rise of Impressionism and of the artist at the center of the movement, Claude and Camille is above all a love story of the highest romantic order.
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I would love to win "The Confessions of Catherine de Medici"
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I would like to enter the giveaway for all 3 books!
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Thanks for the wonderful giveaway! I would like to win Claude & Camille.
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I would love to win Claude and Camile. My email address is readhandedlibrarian(at)gmail(dot)com. I am already a GFC follower.
ReplyDeleteI just visited Paris for the first time and immediately went to the Musee D'Orsay to see the Monets - unfortunately the entire Impressionists wing was closed down for that week only!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win "Claude and Camille!"
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Thanks for the giveaway!
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This is a fantastic giveaway and I would like to enter for all three books!
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Thank you!
Rena, I would love to win For the King by Catherine Delors. I loved her first book Mistress of the Revolution. I'm a long time follower of this blog and already jointed Passages to the Past FB page. I shared about this great giveaway on my FB page.
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I would love to win The Confessions of Catherine de Medici.
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I'm also a follower.
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Hi Amy!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win The Confessions of Catherine de Medici, kitten nibbles and all :)! I have the other two books so Confessions would make a nice finish to the collection!
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I would love to win any-- or all :-) -- of these books.
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All would be awesome - but if I had to choose, it would be "For the King" - I have heard such good things about this book! Thanks so much for (a) cleaning out your stuff, and (b) givign that stuff away! :)
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I haven't read any of the books so enter me for all 3 please.
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I'd like to enter to win any of the three.
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I haven't read any of these. But I've heard raves about C.W. Cortner. So I choose The Confessions of Catherine de Medici... Thank you in advance (in case I win!).
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I've read the other two books, so I'd love to win For the King. I like the era of Revolutionary France. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I'd love to read the Gortner book.
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I would LOVE to read Stephanie's book! I can't believe I haven't read it yet.
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I am a blog follower, and a FB follower. :-)
I love reading anything about Catherine de Medici.
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I would love to win The Confessions of Catherine Medici or Claude and Camille! Thanks for the giveaway!
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Amazing titles! Please enter me for all three!
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Margaret
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Oh, I would love to read Camille! I'm a Facebook follower and a follower...
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I already have FOR THE KING, but the other two are high on my Wish List and I would like to be entered into the drawing for them.
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Another giveaway, you are so generous! I would love to win For The King. I'm a very faithful follower, here and on your FB page, and I am posting this on Twitter and FB. Thanks. Emma
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Thank you for the chance to win.
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I would love to be entered into the giveaway. These books have been on my wish list for quite some time.
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this is such a generous giveaway!! thank you!!
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This sounds like a great read.
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If I had to pick one it would be The Confessions of Catherine de Medici. But since I don't I'd love to read all 3. And I'm a follower
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Please enter me for The Confessions of Catherine De Medici.
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I'd love to read all three!
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Any one of the three books would be great. I'm a gfc follower and fb follower.
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All 3 books sound amazing, and I haven't read any of them, so I would love to enter all three!! Thanks for the giveaway:)
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Please enter me for the giveaway for all three books - they all sound great!
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I have been wanting to read all of these titles for some time now. "For the King" sounds great as do all of these wonderful novels. At the risk of appearing to be greedy, do please enter me for all three in hopes that I will be lucky enough to win one. Thank you for the giveaways and for the intriguing synopses.
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All three of these books are on my TBR list so winning any one of them would be great. Claude and Canile:A Novel of Monet would be my first choice. Thanks for the giveaway
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Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI would like to enter for "The Confessions of Catherine de Medici" and "For The King"
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I would love to have either The Confessions of Catherine de Medici or For the King. Thank you!
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These all sound great, but I especially like the sound of Claude and Camille. I'm already a follower and I just asked to join on facebook. Thanks for this chance!!
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I`d like to enter for "The Confessions of Catherine de Medici" and "For The King"
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I would like to be entered to win any of the three! :)
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I am entering for all three books, thanks! for the giveaway.
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I'd like to be entered for the Monet book.
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Thank you for the giveaway. I would love to win any of the three books but I have especially wanted to read Confessions of Catherine de Medici.
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Please enter me for Claude and Camille and For the King
I know I am a day late and understand if I cant be entered in!