Spirited heroine Marie Fontaine, niece of a Parisian apothecary, keeps her head during the French Revolution while all about her are literally losing theirs. She watches in horror as Queen Marie-Antoinette—"the Widow Capet" as the citizens are now forced to call her—is carted in her tumbril amid the heartless jeers of the crowd down the rue Saint-Honoré to the guillotine in the Place de la Révolution. Sharing a prison cell with the future Empress Josephine, she survives to rejoice at the death of the hated Robespierre and to witness the triumph of the youthful Napoleon Bonaparte as he sees of the last of the bloodthirsty mobs with his famous "whiff of grapeshot". Napoleon is the love of her life, but how near will she come to possessing him? Dangers, double-crossings, imprisonments and executions succeed each other in the first installment of a thrilling trilogy by one of the finest historical novelists of our time.
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Hardback Editions
1994 : Hardback
| Title: A DAWN OF SPLENDOUR. Author(s): Catherine. Gavin Publisher: P/B Availability: Amazon More details... |
December 1990 : Hardback
| Title: A Dawn of Splendour (Windsor Selection) Author(s): Catherine Gavin ISBN: 0-86220-365-1 / 978-0-86220-365-8 (UK edition) Publisher: G K Hall & Co Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 1989 : Hardback
| Title: A Dawn of Splendour Author(s): Catherine Gavin ISBN: 0-246-13333-3 / 978-0-246-13333-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Grafton Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
December 2000 : Paperback
| Title: A Dawn of Splendour Author(s): Catherine Gavin ISBN: 0-595-13546-3 / 978-0-595-13546-2 (USA edition) Publisher: iUniverse Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1994 : Paperback
| Title: A Dawn of Splendour Author(s): Gavin Catherine Publisher: Diamond Books Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
September 1991 : Paperback
| Title: Dawn of Splendour (Paragon Softcover Large Print Books) Author(s): Catherine Gavin ISBN: 0-7451-3236-7 / 978-0-7451-3236-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 1990 : Paperback
| Title: A Dawn of Splendour Author(s): Catherine Gavin ISBN: 0-586-20345-1 / 978-0-586-20345-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Grafton Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
April 1993 : Audio Cassette
| Title: A Dawn of Splendour: Complete & Unabridged Author(s): Catherine Gavin ISBN: 0-7451-4133-1 / 978-0-7451-4133-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Chivers Audio Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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