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![]() ![]() The concept is too closely associated with her mother Sandrine, who practices the dark arts passed down from their ancestor La Lune, one of sixteenth century Paris's most famous courtesans.īut Opaline does have a rare gift even she can't deny, a form of lithomancy that allows her to translate the energy emanating from stones. ![]() But magic is a word Opaline would rather not use. People say that Opaline's creations are magical. So it is from La Fantasie Russie's workshop that young, ambitious Opaline Duplessi now spends her time making trench watches for soldiers at the front, as well as mourning jewelry for the mothers, wives, and lovers of those who have fallen. ![]() In the summer of 1918, places where lovers used to walk, widows now wander alone. But war has transformed Paris from a city of style and romance to a place of fear and mourning. La Fantasie Russie is owned by Pavel Orloff, protégé to the famous Faberge, and is known by the city's fashion elite as the place to find the rarest of gemstones and the most unique designs. ![]() Nestled within Paris's historic Palais Royal is a jewelry store unlike any other. Rose's "brilliantly crafted" ( Providence Journal) novel The Witch of Painted Sorrows. As World War I rages and the Romanov dynasty reaches its sudden, brutal end, a young jewelry maker discovers love, passion, and her own healing powers in this rich and romantic ghost story, the perfect follow-up to M.J. ![]()
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