![]() Her aesthetic looks help her to capture the attention of a wealthy patron, Charles. In this fictional story, Marthe begins her life in poverty, which springboards her determination to be surrounded by beauty. As with her previous novels she develops a story and answers the mysterious questions of why was it abandoned for seventy years and what was the importance of the artifacts, including a portrait by the famous artist Giovanni Boldini, which was never listed, exhibited, or published. Because the facts about these two women are sparse, Richman wrote an imagined tale about them. It was owned by Marthe de Florian, a little-known courtesan, and inherited by her granddaughter, Solange Beaugiron. Throughout, Richman uses symbolism to enhance the story.Ī few years ago an apartment was discovered to have been abandoned for nearly seventy years. Blending historical fiction within a mystery surrounding the characters’ lives, readers will learn about the Paris setting as well as the time frame from the 1880s through the period just before World War II. The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman uses a real-life story of an abandoned apartment as her inspiration. ![]() ![]() ![]() An abandoned apartment in Paris: Alyson Richman’s inspiration for The Velvet Hours ![]()
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