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4 Stars • The School of Mirrors by Eva Stachniak follows Véronique, a young girl trained as a courtesan for Louis XV‘s court, facing exploitation and heartbreak after giving up her daughter, Marie-Louise. Years later, Marie-Louise, a midwife in revolutionary Paris, uncovers her mom‘s past. It‘s a lush, gritty historical drama about survival, secrets, and mother-daughter bonds.

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It's a nice historical fiction about the young Catherine The Great when she's not empress yet.
The story is told by a fictional character, Varvara Nikolaevna, that works like a spy in the Russian Court.
In the pictures: italian book cover, the young Catherine, Empress Elisaveta Petrovna

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