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The Widow Clicquot

The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It

Narrated by Clémence Poésy

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Pub Date Nov 01 2025 | Archive Date Oct 17 2025

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Description

The New York Times bestselling biography of the visionary young woman who built a champagne empire, became a legend, and showed the world how to live with style - now a major motion picture starring Haley Bennett, Tom Sturridge and Sam Riley. 

Read for you by celebrity narrator, Clémence Poésy.

Veuve Clicquot champagne epitomises glamour, style and luxury. In The Widow Clicquot, Tilar J. Mazzeo brings to life – for the first time – the fascinating woman behind the iconic yellow label: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, who, after her husband's death, defied convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured together. Steering the company through dizzying political and financial reversals, she became one of the world's first great businesswomen and one of the richest women of her time.

As much a fascinating journey through the process of making this temperamental wine as a biography of a uniquely tempered woman, The Widow Clicquot is the captivating true story of a legend and a visionary.

The New York Times bestselling biography of the visionary young woman who built a champagne empire, became a legend, and showed the world how to live with style - now a major motion picture starring...


Advance Praise

'The Widow Clicquot is someone we should all know about ... Long a shadowy, legend-obscured figure, in Tilar Mazzeo's agile hands the widow sheds her weeds and takes form before our eyes as a distinctly modern entrepreneur. The result is narrative history that fizzes with life and feeling.' Benjamin Wallace, New York Times bestselling author of The Billionaire's Vinegar

'Told in a light and graceful style that is just right for its subject. A fascinating trip, made even more so by Ms. Mazzeo's charming cameo appearances as a kind of tour guide … An intoxicating business biography.' Julia Flynn Siler, Wall Street Journal

'The Widow Clicquot is someone we should all know about ... Long a shadowy, legend-obscured figure, in Tilar Mazzeo's agile hands the widow sheds her weeds and takes form before our eyes as a...


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EDITION Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN 9781038034915
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DURATION 8 Hours, 27 Minutes

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