{"product_id":"the-widow-clicquot-9780061288586","title":"The Widow Clicquot","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVeuve Clicquot champagne epitomizes glamor and style, with tribute paid everywhere from Lord Byron to Casablanca. But who was this young widow - the 'Veuve' - Clicquot, whose champagne sparkled at the courts of France, Britain, and Russia, and how did she rise to celebrity and fortune? This book talks about widow Clicquot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Joan of Arc and Madame Clicquot were the two women heroes I knew when growing up in France. What a gift to have this new, well-researched biography of one of the world's first 'legitimate' businesswoman, our contemporary as a global business leader.\" -- Mireille Guiliano, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller, French Women Don't Get Fat \"The Widow Clicquot is someone we should all know about... Long a shadowy, legend-obscured figure, in Tilar Mazzeo's agile hands the widow sheds her weeds and takes form before our eyes as a distinctly modern entrepreneur...The result is narrative history that fizzes with life and feeling.\" -- Benjamin Wallace, author of the New York Times bestseller, The Billionaire's Vinegar \"Told in a light and graceful style that is just right for its subject... [I]t's a fascinating trip, made even more so by Ms. Mazzeo's charming cameo appearances as a kind of tour guide... This example of Barbe-Nicole's voice is exceptional...an intoxicating business biography.\" -- Julia Flynn Siler, The Wall Street Journal \"The Widow Clicquot, Tilar J. Mazzeo's sweeping oenobiography of Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, is the story of a woman who was a smashing success long before anyone conceptualized the glass ceiling.\" -- New York Times Book Review \"Mazzeo's resulting book is an enticing stew of biography and history.\" -- USA Today \"If you like champagne, \"The Widow Clicquot\" by Tilar J. Mazzeo is definitely worth a drink.\" -- Associated Press \"Tilar J. Mazzeo's informed and enlightening biography of Madame Clicquot, the widow and, more important, the businesswoman, retrieves her vintage story as if looking for a rare bottle in one of the Champagne region's deepest caves.\" -- Newsday \"This book is full of fascinating morsels of information.\" -- Canberra Times The Widow Clicquot is a miraculous feat of organization, one worthy of a doctoral thesis... [I]n its moments of action, this is actually a gripping story. And while the book appears to be a feminist history\/business biography, it's also the appealing story of the author's odyssey. -- Austin Chronicle \"Mazzeo's tale moves swiftly through Barbe-Nicole's many accomplishments, including her method for storing bottles nose-down-an innovation that allowed the second fermentation detritus to be cleared efficiently, setting her far ahead of her competitors.\" -- Los Angeles Times","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864054772055,"sku":"9780061288586","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780061288586.jpg?v=1722270179","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-widow-clicquot-9780061288586","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}