Caddy Rowland on Tour: Gastien: The Cost of The Dream

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Gastien: Cost of The Dream

Author Caddy ROWLAND

on Tour

January 13-22, 2014

with

Gastien:
The Cost of The Dream

– Historical Fiction, Family Saga, Drama, and Literary Fiction –
FOR THOSE OVER 18.
Graphic sex (this book is NOT erotica) and one sex scene that is violent

 1st Edition was released 8/3/2011
2nd Edition 10/2/2013
at Createspace
Kindle Edition

493 pages

ISBN: 1463789777

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SYNOPSIS

When young Gastien Beauchamp flees the farm for Paris, the late nineteenth century bohemian era is in full swing. Color has always called to him, beseeching him to capture it on canvas and show people a new way of seeing things. His father belittled his dream of being an artist and tried to beat him into giving it up. The dream wouldn’t die, but Gastien would have had he not left.
He also yearns to become a great lover. After the years of anguish he has endured at the hand of his father, it would be heaven to feel pleasure instead of pain.
However, the city of Paris has a ruthless agenda. Unless a man has money and connections, Paris unfeelingly crushes dreams and destroys souls. With neither of the required assets, Gastien faces living in alleys, digging in trash bins for food, and sleeping where a man is often killed for his threadbare blanket.
Left with only his dreams, Gastien stubbornly pushes on. He vows that absolutely nothing will stop him, not yet realizing what keeping that vow might mean. Sometimes the “impossible” is possible – but the cost can be extremely high.
This historical fiction novel is book 1 of a 5 book drama/family saga for adults (The Gastien Series).  As such, it contains adult themes and graphic scenes. Each book can stand on its own, but is most compelling read in order. [provided by the author]

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Caddy RowlandCaddy Rowland grew up with a stack of books that almost reached the ceiling before she was five. Books, along with her vivid imagination, have always been some of her closest friends.
She lives with her husband, who was her high school sweetheart. They are owned by two parrots. Besides being a writer, she is an artist. One can often find her “makin’ love to the color” (painting) with loud music blaring.
Her goal as an author is to make readers laugh, cry, think, and become intimately connected with her main characters. She writes dramatic novels showcasing the sublime joy and bitter tragedy of being human. [from the author’s Amazon page]

To get her books and get in touch with her:
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Monday, January 13
Review + Giveaway at Gluten Free + 2

Tuesday, January 14
Interview + Giveaway at Words And Peace

Thursday, January 16
Guest-post
at The Most Happy Reader
and review

Friday, January 17
Review + Excerpt at I Am, Indeed

Monday, January 20
Review + Giveaway at Lisa’s Yarns

Tuesday, January 21
Review + Giveaway at Scrollin’ Them Papers

Wednesday, January 22
Review + Giveaway at Making My Mark

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FRIDAY 56

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*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader
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*Post it.
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Summer of FranceClick on the book cover to know more about the book

“The trips around the country without spouses in tow continued. Jeanne-Marie and Grayson dropped the teenagers in Aix with enough money for lunch or ice cream before setting off to explore the cliff villages or to Grasse for the parfumerie or to Monaco to try their luck at the casinos.
When I had time, usually in the evenings after Chantal had left, I wondered what happened to my family. What happened to my plans to gather everyone close, to share the beauty of a new country together?”
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Will Bashor on Tour: Marie Antoinette’s Head

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Marie Antoinette's Head

Author Will BASHOR

on Tour

February 3-12, 2014

with his

Marie Antoinette’s Head:
The Royal Hairdresser, The Queen,
And The Revolution

[history/nonfiction]

 Release date: October 16, 2013
(anniversary of Marie Antoinette’s execution)
at Lyons Press

Hardcover, 320 pages
Color Insert: 16 pages

ISBN-10: 0762791535
ISBN-13: 978-0762791538

Award:

2013 Adele Mellen Prize for Distinguished Scholarship

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SYNOPSIS

Marie Antoinette has remained atop the popular cultural landscape for centuries for the daring in style and fashion that she brought to 18th century France. For the better part of the queen’s reign, one man was entrusted with the sole responsibility of ensuring that her coiffure was at its most ostentatious best. Who was this minister of fashion who wielded such tremendous influence over the queen’s affairs? Marie Antoinette’s Head: The Royal Hairdresser, The Queen, and the Revolution charts the rise of Leonard Autié from humble origins as a country barber in the south of France to the inventor of the Pouf and premier hairdresser to Queen Marie-Antoinette.

By unearthing a variety of sources from the 18th and 19th centuries, including memoirs (including Léonard’s own), court documents, and archived periodicals the author, Professor Will Bashor, tells Autié’s mostly unknown story. He chronicles Leonard’s story, the role he played in the life of his most famous client, and the chaotic and history-making world in which he rose to prominence. Besides his proximity to the queen, Leonard also had a most fascinating life filled with sex (he was the only man in a female dominated court), seduction, intrigue, espionage, theft, exile, treason, and possibly, execution. The French press reported that Léonard was convicted of treason and executed in Paris in 1793. However, it was also recorded that Léonard, after receiving a pension from the new King Louis XVIII, died in Paris in March 1820. Granted, Leonard was known as the magician of Marie-Antoinette’s court, but how was it possible that he managed to die twice? [provided by the author]

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PRAISE FOR
Marie Antoinette’s Head:
The Royal Hairdresser, The Queen, and the Revolution

“Bashor continues to offer original perspectives on the last Bourbons and those who served them. In this dual biography, Marie Antoinette emerges through the eyes and “magic comb” of Léonard Autié, her gifted hairdresser …Marie Antoinette’s Head not only entertains, it conveys both the events and the character of the age.”
Reed Benhamou, PhD, Professor Emerita, Indiana University

“This is a new and riveting account, in a clear and attractive style, of significant historical events that lead to the French Revolution of 1789, as seen through the eyes of Marie Antoinette’s ambitious hairdresser…”
Aleksandra Gruzinska, School of International Letters and Cultures, Arizona State University

“I have nothing but praise. The book is so well researched, so well written, so totally readable that it will appeal to a very wide public….”
David Wingeate Pike, American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy, Paris [on the author’s webpage]

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Will Bashor pictureWill Bashor has a doctorate in International Relations from the American Graduate School in Paris,
and he teaches at Franklin University, Columbus, Ohio.
His interests have ranged over many fields,
among them the study of international law and business, linguistics,
cultural anthropology, and European history.

As a member of the Society for French Historical Studies,
he attended its annual meeting sponsored by Harvard University in Cambridge in 2013.
[Provided by the author.]
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Monday, February 3
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway
at I Am, Indeed

Tuesday, February 4
Review + Interview + Giveaway
at Words And Peace

Wednesday, February 5
Review at An Accidental Blog

Thursday, February 6
Review + Giveaway at Caffeinatedlife.net

Friday, February 7
Review + Giveaway at The Avid Reader

Friday, February 7
Guest-post at Caffeinatedlife.net

Saturday, February 8
Review + Giveaway at The Victorian Librarian

Monday, February 10
Review + Giveaway at Just One More Chapter

Monday, February 10
Review + Giveaway at From L.A. to LA

Tuesday, February 11
Review at Impressions in Ink

Wednesday, February 12
Review + Giveaway at Making My Mark

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