Belle Greene

"New York in the 1900s. A young girl fascinated by rare books defies all odds and becomes the director of one of the country's most prestigious private libraries, property of the magnate J. P. Morgan, among the city's richest men. But flamboyant, brilliant, beautifil, Belle Da Costa Green is hiding...

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Main Author: Lapierre, Alexandra (Author)
Other Authors: Kover, Tina A. (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
French
Published: New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2023.
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Summary:"New York in the 1900s. A young girl fascinated by rare books defies all odds and becomes the director of one of the country's most prestigious private libraries, property of the magnate J. P. Morgan, among the city's richest men. But flamboyant, brilliant, beautifil, Belle Da Costa Green is hiding a secret." --page [4] of cover
Physical Description:524 pages,16 unnumbered of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781609458577
1609458575
Author Notes:Alexandra Lapierre is a bestselling French novelist, short story writer and biographer. She graduated from Sorbonne University and the University of Southern California. Among her works that bring back to life great women and characters neglected by history, is the international bestseller Artemisia (Vintage, 2012). Her books have been published in more than twenty countries.
Tina Kover translations for Europa include Antoine Compagnon's A Summer with Montaigne and Négar Djavadi's Disoriental , which won both the Albertine Prize and the Lambda Literary Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature and the PEN Translation Prize.