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McLain, best known for The Paris Wife, returns to historical fiction and Paris (both above ground and below) with a dual-timeline tale. In 1664, Alouette Voland's attempt to perfect her recipe for a new shade of blue dye is interrupted when her father Rene, a master dyer at the Gobelin Tapestry Works, is arrested for selling trade secrets. For her efforts to free her father from prison, Alouette is sent to the infamo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More