About the Book:
MADAME POMMERY
BY REBECCA ROSENBERG
Publication Date: March 21, 2023
Lion Heart Publishing
Genre: Historical Fiction
Champagne, France, 1860. Madame Pommery, an etiquette teacher and orphanage founder, loses her husband and is forced to support her family. With no experience, the forty-year-old widow decides to make champagne. Her unique vision is to change it from a sweet dessert beverage to a dry, crisp wine to be enjoyed anytime. When champagne makers refuse to teach her their craft, she forges ahead on her own and secretly begins the excavation of champagne caves under the Reims city dump.
Soon after, her son and her entire crew are conscripted to fight the Franco-Prussian war, leaving Madame Pommery alone to struggle with her champagne dreams. After Napoleon and a hundred thousand French troops are captured, the Prussians invaded France, and Prussian General Frederick Franz occupies Madame Pommery’s house as his army headquarters. Undaunted, Pommery uses her secret wine caves to hide the Francs-Tireurs, resistance fighters for France, while she plans to build a spectacular castle winery above the caves.
But when her former lover, a Scottish Baron, unexpectedly proposes marriage, Madame Pommery must choose between nobility and her passionate quest for fine champagne and the most beautiful winery in the world.
Based on a true story, Madame Pommery is a heroic novel about a mother and widow who fights the Prussians, the social class system, champagne patriarchs, and champagne tastes to create a champagne legacy.
“The sun-drenched vineyards of France, a real-life heroine who against all odds refuses to give up her dreams… and champagne. What’s not to love?” Barbara Davis, Best-selling author of The Echo of Old Books
AMAZON
Review:
Madame Alexandrine Pommery faces a devastating loss in 1860 France. Her husband, Louis, passed suddenly and left Alexandrine in debt. With her son, Louis to support through school and young daughter Louise to care for, Alexandrine quickly turns her attention from grief to survival in order to support her family. Alexandrine decides to create what she enjoys, Champagne. However, she does not want to create just any Champagne, Alexandrine enjoys a drier Champagne, easier to drink anytime. With determination and drive, Madame Pommery sets on her quest. However, the Franco-Prussian War intervenes as her home is turned into headquarters for a Prussian General. With her son and employees fighting for France, Alexandrine puts her resources to use and hides the Resistance. When the war ends, Alexandrine has a new set of problems, but still focuses on her vision of a Champagne empire.
Madame Pommery is a riveting historical fiction novel based on the real life Champagne Widow, Jeanne Alexandrine Louise Pommery, creator of Brut Champagne. The writing effortlessly recreated the beauty of the Champagne region, the Pommery home and the chalky crayeres. From the beginning, I immediately loved Alexandrine's character. She is a woman of immense strength who went with her instincts and against common practices of her time. Alexandrine is also immensely caring while being fiercely independent. It was interesting to see how much Alexandrine helped her community, even while she was struggling, she maintained an orphanage, gave employment to women and created funds to help her employees. I didn't know a lot about the Franco-Prussian War and saw the effects on the French people through Madame Pommery's point of view. I was continuously impressed with her abilities to aid the Resistance and keep her business afloat during the War. Madame Pommery is a powerful story of an amazing woman who revolutionized Champagne.
MADAME POMMERY
BY REBECCA ROSENBERG
Publication Date: March 21, 2023
Lion Heart Publishing
Genre: Historical Fiction
Champagne, France, 1860. Madame Pommery, an etiquette teacher and orphanage founder, loses her husband and is forced to support her family. With no experience, the forty-year-old widow decides to make champagne. Her unique vision is to change it from a sweet dessert beverage to a dry, crisp wine to be enjoyed anytime. When champagne makers refuse to teach her their craft, she forges ahead on her own and secretly begins the excavation of champagne caves under the Reims city dump.
Soon after, her son and her entire crew are conscripted to fight the Franco-Prussian war, leaving Madame Pommery alone to struggle with her champagne dreams. After Napoleon and a hundred thousand French troops are captured, the Prussians invaded France, and Prussian General Frederick Franz occupies Madame Pommery’s house as his army headquarters. Undaunted, Pommery uses her secret wine caves to hide the Francs-Tireurs, resistance fighters for France, while she plans to build a spectacular castle winery above the caves.
But when her former lover, a Scottish Baron, unexpectedly proposes marriage, Madame Pommery must choose between nobility and her passionate quest for fine champagne and the most beautiful winery in the world.
Based on a true story, Madame Pommery is a heroic novel about a mother and widow who fights the Prussians, the social class system, champagne patriarchs, and champagne tastes to create a champagne legacy.
“The sun-drenched vineyards of France, a real-life heroine who against all odds refuses to give up her dreams… and champagne. What’s not to love?” Barbara Davis, Best-selling author of The Echo of Old Books
AMAZON
Review:
Madame Alexandrine Pommery faces a devastating loss in 1860 France. Her husband, Louis, passed suddenly and left Alexandrine in debt. With her son, Louis to support through school and young daughter Louise to care for, Alexandrine quickly turns her attention from grief to survival in order to support her family. Alexandrine decides to create what she enjoys, Champagne. However, she does not want to create just any Champagne, Alexandrine enjoys a drier Champagne, easier to drink anytime. With determination and drive, Madame Pommery sets on her quest. However, the Franco-Prussian War intervenes as her home is turned into headquarters for a Prussian General. With her son and employees fighting for France, Alexandrine puts her resources to use and hides the Resistance. When the war ends, Alexandrine has a new set of problems, but still focuses on her vision of a Champagne empire.
Madame Pommery is a riveting historical fiction novel based on the real life Champagne Widow, Jeanne Alexandrine Louise Pommery, creator of Brut Champagne. The writing effortlessly recreated the beauty of the Champagne region, the Pommery home and the chalky crayeres. From the beginning, I immediately loved Alexandrine's character. She is a woman of immense strength who went with her instincts and against common practices of her time. Alexandrine is also immensely caring while being fiercely independent. It was interesting to see how much Alexandrine helped her community, even while she was struggling, she maintained an orphanage, gave employment to women and created funds to help her employees. I didn't know a lot about the Franco-Prussian War and saw the effects on the French people through Madame Pommery's point of view. I was continuously impressed with her abilities to aid the Resistance and keep her business afloat during the War. Madame Pommery is a powerful story of an amazing woman who revolutionized Champagne.
About the Author
California native Rebecca Rosenberg lives on a lavender farm with her family in Sonoma, the Valley of the Moon, where she and her husband founded the largest lavender product company in America. A long-time student of Jack London’s work and an avid fan of his daring wife, Charmian, Rosenberg is a graduate of the Stanford Writing Certificate Program. Her books include: GOLD DIGGER, the Remarkable Baby Doe Tabor, The Secret Life of Mrs. London, Lavender Fields of America, and the Champagne Widows series.
For more information, please visit Rebecca’s website and blog. You can also find her on:
Amazon, BookBub, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Goodreads.
California native Rebecca Rosenberg lives on a lavender farm with her family in Sonoma, the Valley of the Moon, where she and her husband founded the largest lavender product company in America. A long-time student of Jack London’s work and an avid fan of his daring wife, Charmian, Rosenberg is a graduate of the Stanford Writing Certificate Program. Her books include: GOLD DIGGER, the Remarkable Baby Doe Tabor, The Secret Life of Mrs. London, Lavender Fields of America, and the Champagne Widows series.
For more information, please visit Rebecca’s website and blog. You can also find her on:
Amazon, BookBub, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Goodreads.
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