Catherine Paris

"Catherine Paris" is a sophisticated and evocative novel that captures the elegance and inevitable decline of the European aristocracy in the early 20th century. Princess Marthe Bibesco draws upon her own intimate knowledge of high society to tell the story of Catherine, a young woman whose life is shaped by the refined culture of Paris and the rigid expectations of her noble heritage.

As Catherine moves from the intellectual freedom of France to the ceremonial life of a princess in the Aust...