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Colette’s France, by Jane Gilmour – review

<em>Richard Davenport-Hines</em> on the charmed, dizzy world of the multi-talented Colette

Portrait of the author Colette’s ‘L’Entrave’ in her flat in Paris, by André Dignimont. Credit: The Bridgeman Art Library
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  • Colette’s France: Her Lives and her Loves

    Jane Gilmour

    Hardie Grant Books, pp. 532

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