The First Actress: A Novel of Sarah Bernhardt

by C.W. Gortner

Book Overview

"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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1524799076
• ISBN13: 9781524799076
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"