A review by bookhero6
The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman

4.0

When Marthe de Florian's Belle Époque Parisian apartment, closed for 70 years, was discovered and reopened in 2010, it opened a world of literary possibility, and Alyson Richman has taken wonderful advantage of that, giving us a beautiful fictional account of Madame de Florian and her granddaughter's lives. It straddles the Belle Époque and World War II and gives life to possibility. A really enjoyable story.