· “C. W. Gortner has made his mark illuminating the private lives and untold stories of the world’s greatest women. In The First Actress, he turns his talent to Sarah Bernhardt, the daughter of a Dutch Jewish courtesan who would rise over the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to become an icon of stage and screen. Readers will revel in the gloriously heady mix of love and war, and art . · The tumultuous life of the legendary French star Sarah Bernhardt–the world’s first modern actress and international celebrity–dazzles in this stunning novel for readers of Love and Ruin and Mistress of the Ritz. · “C. W. Gortner has made his mark illuminating the private lives and untold stories of the world’s greatest women. In The First Actress, he turns his talent to Sarah Bernhardt, the daughter of a Dutch Jewish courtesan who would rise over the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to become an icon of stage and screen. Readers will revel in the gloriously heady mix of love and war, and art Brand: Random House Publishing Group.
The First Actress C. W. Gortner. $ Paperback In Stock "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 Timesbestselling author ofMistress of the RitzandThe Aviator's Wife. In his beautiful The First Actress, C. W. Gortner gives readers an intimate and rich portrait of Bernhardt's stunning career and tumultuous personal life. The Divine Sarah was a singular leading lady ahead of her time, winning devotees and breaking rules in order to demand more for artists and for women." —Allison Pataki, New York Times. "C. W. Gortner has made his mark illuminating the private lives and untold stories of the world's greatest women. In The First Actress, he turns his talent to Sarah Bernhardt, the daughter of a Dutch Jewish courtesan who would rise over the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to become an icon of stage and screen. Readers will revel in the gloriously heady mix of love and war.
ISBN: ISBN The First Actress: A Novel of Sarah Bernhardt. by C.W. Gortner. Rated stars. No Customer Reviews. Select Format. Hardcover. Hardcover The First Actress: A Novel of Sarah Bernhardt. by C. W. Gortner. With his signature attention to detail and penchant for writing strong female characters, C. W. Gortner returns with THE FIRST ACTRESS, the story of the inimitable Sarah Bernhardt, the world’s first modern actress and international celebrity. Beginning with her lonely childhood, the novel is made up of six separate “acts,” each discernible by a major shift in Sarah’s life. C.W. Gortner has written another excellent novel, this time the story of the first internationally famous actress, Sarah Bernhardt. Born the illegitimate daughter of a courtesan, and against all odds, she came to be the most iconic of French actresses.
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