The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco Chanel by Pamela Binnings Ewen

The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco Chanel by Pamela Binnings Ewen

“Ewen (The Moon in the Mango Tree) dazzles in this outstanding historical thriller that chronicles the life of Coco Chanel in occupied France. ..Ewen’s Chanel is arrogant and fragile in equal measure, and the author does a marvelous job of diving into the motivations of a woman born into poverty as she defends the fortune she built for herself, making this a refreshingly nuanced character portrait and also a real page-turner. This is top-notch historical fiction.” Publisher’s Weekly – starred review

“Empathetic yet unsparing. The Queen of Paris is an engrossing historical novel that reveals another room in the House of Chanel: beyond the timeless elegance, simplicity, and jasmine-scented perfume was a desperate woman, trapped by a maze of circumstances, and her own troubled mind.” Foreward Reviews

“Ewen’s Coco is a proud and image-conscious character, sprung from a painful, lonely childhood to become a selfmade triumph, a Machiavellian madam—” Kirkus Reviews