For the stubborn young widow Baronne Caroline Jeunot, making and selling the best Champagne in 1813 France is everything. This sweeping historical novel of the brooding Champagne industry, of Bonaparte's bloody aggressions against Europe, and the popping of corks while avenging Cossack troops violently invade Rheims, softens war's tragedies with scenes as bubbly as the Baronne Jeunot's own 'sparklers.'
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For the stubborn young widow Baronne Caroline Jeunot, making and selling the best Champagne in 1813 France is everything. This sweeping historical novel of the brooding Champagne industry, of Bonaparte's bloody aggressions against Europe, and the popping of corks while avenging Cossack troops violently invade Rheims, softens war's tragedies with scenes as bubbly as the Baronne Jeunot's own 'sparklers.'
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