March 29, 2022
Library Thing ER
Fiction, historical, digital, audio
3/4/22 digital (BookFunnel)
10/7/22-10/17/22
Alice Ahmadis is anxious to impress her American boss, Lily, as an intern at Bonjour Paris magazine. When the lights go out, she goes to the basement of the building accompanied by Alexander, a perfumer from Iceland. While trying to locate boiler room Alice wanders into areas of the Parisian catacombs of the old building. Once she is drawn into the room filled with beautiful gowns and jewels, she imagines the glamorous lives of the previous owners. Alice discovers a green jacket that has an emerald necklace in the pocket which was missing 36 diamonds. She enlists the help of Alice to uncover the history of the found jewels.
Lily turns to her friend Daphne Smythe Baird and her husband Philip to authentic the gems before deciding what to do with them. Alice is optimistic that her “find” could possibly help the struggling magazine. Alice seeks assistance from her college friend, Jacob Myers, who is presently an influential writer. Eventually, they form “the fellowship of the necklace” as they investigate the necklace including the new owner, Luc Seguin, who took over for his mother Olivia, former chief editor. The officer manager, Madame Élise Boucher, has worked for Bonjour Paris for more than 50 years and provides some historical context to life in 1865 France.
Fellowship of the Necklace
“ easy to identify who Louis Napoleon’s mistress was in 1864. Apparently, all of Paris talked about his passionate love affair with the scandalous, low-class, inappropriate, and ill-suited Marguerite Bellanger. Gorgeous and with a pleasingly merry disposition, Marguerite was born Justine Leboeuf in 1838, dirt poor in a backwater village near Saumur.”
The history of the Honeybee Emeralds is one filled with mystery and adventure as it seemed to travel from Madi Hari to famed American singer Josephine Baker during the Roaring Twenties.
There’s still one mystery that remains, how did this prized possession end up in the basement of a Parisian magazine company?
I received a complimentary digital copy of this this from Library Thing Early Readers and Book Funnel.This is my honest and unbiased review.
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