Veuve Clicquot: La Grande Dame de la Champagne

Grenoble: Glénat, 1992. First English language ed.(presumed). Large square-like oblong quarto in dark pictorial jacket; 191 pages: illustrations (chiefly color); 27 cm Fine in fine jacket; as new. Jacket in mylar. . Hardcover. ISBN: 9782723414210, 2723414213

In English. Highly detailed and well-illustrated work. "Based on information gathered from extensive company archives from Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, this is a portrait of Madame Clicquot which reveals a complex and fascinating figure. This book not only highlights the life of La Grande Dame, but also the times in which she lived, her family, the Champagne region and Europe itself, against the backdrop of such historic events as the French Revolution, and the Napoleonic Wars. Madame Cliquot has become a landmark of French culture."—Publisher / Biographies, Champagne (Vin), Champagne (Wine), Clicquot-Ponsardin, Barbe-Nicole, 1777-1866, France Champagne-Ardenne, Négociants en vins France Champagne-Ardenne Biographies, Veuve Clicquot (Firm), Vintners, Vintners France Champagne-Ardenne Biography