Champagne and vodka

Danièle Gourdon

Sinopsis

A highly entertaining, carefully researched novel, set through the end of the XVIII and the beginning of the XIX century in Europe. A story inspired by true events in which the main character leads us on a journey from Paris to Saint Petersburg. He travels by road, leaving behind the political chaos of the French Revolution and after his adventure in Tsarist St Petersburg, he returns home through the Baltic and the North Sea. This arduous journey takes weeks where the unforeseen, the danger, the curiosity, the exploration of the old cities, and the variety of engaging fellow travelers, pave his way to new friendships and emerging possibilities. This elegant mix of Champagne and Vodka results in a sparkling historical novel. Beautifully and sensitively written, this utterly engaging and effervescent literary creation captures the atmosphere of this turbulent time in French and European history.Danièle Gourdon is French. After finishing secondary school in Paris, she completed her studies at the University of Amsterdam with a master’s degree in literature. She lived for sixteen years in English speaking countries, mainly England, East and West Africa and finally established a business school in the Netherlands where she set contracts with firms like Phillips, L’Oréal, Lucent and others, providing language training, interpreting and translation services.She has already published three books. The first one “Le papillon d’Alep” was published by a Parisian editor in 2017. The second one, “Bibo” an ecological guide for Erasmus students, was published in 2020 by the University of Alicante and is written in Spanish, English, French and Dutch.She currently divides her life between Paris and Spain.

Disponible desde: 30/01/2025.

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