{"product_id":"9781250020925","title":"Black Venus: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vivid novel of Charles Baudelaire and his lover Jeanne Duval, the Haitian cabaret singer who inspired his most famous and controversial poems, set in nineteenth-century Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who have been drawn to \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Venus \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the artistic scene in the great French city decades earlier, when the likes of Dumas and Balzac argued literature in the cafes of the Left Bank. Among the bohemians, the young Charles Baudelaire stood out—dressed impeccably thanks to an inheritance that was quickly vanishing. Still at work on the poems that he hoped would make his name, he spent his nights enjoying the alcohol, opium, and women who filled the seedy streets of the city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne woman would catch his eye—a beautiful Haitian cabaret singer named Jeanne Duval. Their lives would remain forever intertwined thereafter, and their romance would inspire his most infamous poems—leading to the banning of his masterwork, \u003ci\u003eLes Fleurs du Mal,\u003c\/i\u003e and a scandalous public trial for obscenity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames MacManus's \u003ci\u003eBlack Venus \u003c\/i\u003ere-creates the classic Parisian literary world in vivid detail, complete with not just an affecting portrait of the famous poet but also his often misunderstood, much-maligned muse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132526608624,"sku":"9781250020925","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250020925_p0.jpg?v=1769891847","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250020925","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}