Maurie Samuels’s “The Betrayal of the Duchess” finalist for the 2020 American Library in Paris Book Award

July 19, 2020

Six titles have been selected as finalists for the 2020 American Library in Paris Book Award. They include a novel (The Vexations), a triple biography (Before Trans), a historical whodunit (The Betrayal of the Duchess) {by Maurie Samuels}, a memoir (Dirt), an architectural appreciation (The Louvre), and an unclassifiable work of anthropology, philosophy, and memory (The Plateau). 

For more information:

 The Betrayal of the Duchess: The Scandal That Unmade the Bourbon Monarchy and Made France Modern (Basic Books)

2020 American Library in Paris Book Award Shortlist