{"id":63404,"date":"2016-09-02T17:39:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T06:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=63404"},"modified":"2016-10-17T13:10:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T02:10:05","slug":"podcast-book-review-celeste-roland-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2016\/09\/02\/podcast-book-review-celeste-roland-perry\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast + Book Review: Celeste by Roland Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not everyday a historian visits Booktopia, so we were super thrilled when Roland Perry visited us this week.<\/p>\n<p>Roland Perry is one of Australia&#8217;s best-known authors. He writes powerful biographies and his newest, <em>Celeste<\/em>, tells the story of\u00a0Countess C\u00e9leste de Chabrillan, the French courtesan turned countess and best-selling author. Her story is both shocking and moving, while her spirit and gumption jump out at you off the page.<\/p>\n<p>Caroline Baum, who reviewed the book, called it &#8220;a riotous romp.&#8221; Listen to her podcast and read her full review below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/celeste-roland-perry\/prod9780733335082.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sorry, no more signed copies available!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-63404 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2304\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_64531.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2304\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_6453.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3456\" height=\"2304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_6450.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2304\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_6448.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-63573\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-63573'>\n\t\t\t\tLeft: Roland Perry Right: Caroline Baum\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2304\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_64471.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2304\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_6447.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3456\" height=\"2304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_6445.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2304\" height=\"3456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_6444.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-63577\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-63577'>\n\t\t\t\tLeft: John Purcell Right: Roland Perry\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3456\" height=\"2304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_6442.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Review by Caroline Baum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I started reading this biography of Countess C\u00e9leste de Chabrillan I kept doing a double-take, thinking I was reading fiction as it was so full of improbable episodes of scandal, audacity and melodrama. This is a juicy account of the life of a woman whose appetites and daring led her to become one of France&#8217;s most celebrated courtesans, when such women wielded tremendous power and were the celebrities <em>du jour.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Along the way she may have invented the can-can. The darling of the dance halls also takes part in death-defying chariot races, has an affair with one of France&#8217;s most celebrated writers, and when she&#8217;s shocked the seemingly unshockable Parisian society, she does it all again in Melbourne of all places. A riotous romp.<\/p>\n<p>[soundcloud url=&#8221;https:\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/280527281&#8243; params=&#8221;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; height=&#8221;166&#8243; iframe=&#8221;true&#8221; \/]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not everyday a historian visits Booktopia, so we were super thrilled when Roland Perry visited us this week. Roland Perry is one of Australia&#8217;s best-known authors. He writes powerful biographies and his newest, Celeste, tells the story of\u00a0Countess C\u00e9leste de Chabrillan, the French courtesan turned countess and best-selling author. Her story is both shocking and moving, while her spirit and gumption jump out at you off the page. Caroline Baum, who reviewed the book, called it &#8220;a riotous romp.&#8221; Listen to her podcast and read her full review below. 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