# The First Actress

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- Book: [The First Actress](https://www.bookquiver.com/cw-gortner/the-first-actress) ([The First Actress.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/cw-gortner/the-first-actress.md))
- Authors: [C. W. Gortner](https://www.bookquiver.com/cw-gortner)
- Publisher: ballantine_books
- ISBN: 978-05-2562-091-4
- Pages: 448
- Published: 2021-05-25
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

“This novel about Sarah Bernhardt, the iconic French actress, is both a riveting portrait of the artist as a passionate young woman and a luscious historical novel full of period detail.”—Melanie...