# The Last Dress from Paris by Jade Beer (Paperback)

**'Kept me spellbound...You can practically feel the heaviness and sumptuousness of the velvet and other lush materials of the vintage gowns in your hands.** **Secrets and heartbreak come alive in this book I was unable to put down!'** Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  
  
**Each Dior dress tells a story...  
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**London, 2017:** When her beloved grandmother, Sylvie, sends her to Paris to retrieve a dress she wore decades before, Lucille sees the perfect opportunity to briefly escape the pressures of her own life. But not everything is as it seems, and the long-buried secrets she discovers, hidden in a collection of priceless Dior gowns, could change everything.  
  
**Paris, 1952:** Postwar France is full of glamour and privilege, and Alice Ainsley is in the middle of it all. As the wife to the British ambassador to France, her life is a whirlwind of jewels, banquets and couture dresses, but beneath the glittering facade, Alice is suffocating in a loveless marriage. So when a new face appears in her drawing room, Alice finds herself yearning to follow her heart . . . no matter the consequences.  
  
**Deliciously evocative and achingly romantic, sweeping from Fifties Paris to the V&A museum in London, The Last Dress from Paris is the perfect read for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid, Natasha Lester, Fiona Valpy and Gill Paul.  
  
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**Everyone is falling in love with _The Last Dress from Paris_:**  
  
'**I'm sipping on a calming cup of tea and dabbing my eyes with a tissue after finishing this book**... **An excellent read!** I love the description of the dresses. Paris in the 1950's... **Loved this book!**' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  
  
'**I couldn't put it down**. What a great story. **Loved, laughed and cried while reading it**' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  
  
'**A delightful story of unrequited love, haute couture fashion, friendship, and secrets!...** **I read this one late into the night**... I enjoyed the descriptions of the dresses, as well as the scenic locations in Paris. Secrets were gradually revealed, right up to the satisfying conclusion' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  
  
'**I loved this book!!...** Bittersweet and with a mystery at its heart... **A great read!**' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  
  
'Some books stick with you throughout reading and after finishing it. This is one of those books!... When I tell you that I loved this book, I mean it!!... **Fashion, forbidden love, heartbreak**... **I HIGHLY recommend this book**' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  
  
'**A brilliant book that will stay with me for a long time**... A thoroughly engrossing novel of strong love' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  
  
**'A delightful fashion treasure hunt involving some of my favourite Dior gowns**... The dresses dance from the pages, and Paris is resplendently depicted' Natasha Lester  
  
**'A whirlwind tour through Paris**, both past and present, the novel is a rich exploration of the power of female friendships and the true meaning of family. **Moving and utterly enjoyable**' Fiona Davis  
  
'**An absolute delight!**... As original, elegant, and romantic as the Dior dresses the novel's mystery is woven around' Hazel Gaynor  
  
'**As beautifully stitched together as a couture gown**... I loved it' Jessica Fellowes  
  
'Sumptuous, evocative and dripping in Parisian elegance. **A beautifully written page-turner**' Kate Thompson  
  
'My kind of read, with **vintage couture gowns, Parisian elegance, and romance** across the ages'  
Gill Paul

## Details

- **Price:** 9.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Hodder & Stoughton
- **Tags:** All Books, Romance

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