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The Queen of Beauty

The Century Trilogy, Book 3

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The Queen of Beauty

By: Petra Durst-Benning, Edwin Miles - translator
Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden
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Petra Durst-Benning's captivating historical novel pays homage to the trailblazing women of the early twentieth century - like Elizabeth Arden and Estée Lauder - who shaped culture, shattered convention, and strived to make the world around them more beautiful.

Despite all that Clara Berg has achieved as a wife, mother, and chemist - especially for a woman in turn-of-the-century Berlin - ending her abusive marriage comes at great cost. The judge hands her inheritance - her parents' pharmacy - over to her ex-husband. Now, with her reputation in near ruins thanks to the scandal that rocked her marriage, no reputable chemist will hire her. Worst of all, she has lost all rights to her young son and daughter. Only her dearest friends, Josephine and Isabelle, themselves no strangers to hardship, remain steadfast.

With their encouragement, Clara decides to start over in the spa town of Lake Constance, where she creates a homemade cream and launches a cosmetics revolution. Against all convention, she teaches other women and herself how to face the challenges of each new day with confidence and beauty. Soon her renown brings prestige, professional accolades, even new romance. But through it all, her heart beats for her beloved children - will success finally bring the reunion she longs for?

©2015 Petra Durst-Benning & Ullstein Buchverlag GmbH. (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Translation © 2017 Edwin Miles.
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Great book series. I am a ceramacist who goes through audio books like water. These are 3 of my favorites. They serve to remind me how far womwn have come. Thank you Petra Durst-Benning!

Read the Trilogy!

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I enjoyed all three books in this series. They all kept my interest. I will watch for more by this author.

Great read!

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This author does an excellent job writing about the plight of women. I recommend this book highly.

Interesting, thought provoking

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Ms. Durst-Nemning has done it again! I just love her characters and the historical accuracy in which they exist. Strong women, overcoming seemingly insurmountablr obstacles. Doesn't get any better than that

Another great one.

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this was a wonderful end for the series and had left me wishing there was more of the story of the 3 friends to read about

turn off the century women

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I loved it and I will miss the characters. I enjoy the historical aspect in her books.

Difficult to stop listening

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this was my favorite of the trilogy. .good storyline and wonderful characters. .I will miss them!

favorite

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I was so happy to see that the trilogy, ending with 'The Queen of Beauty', was finally published and on audible! I listened to the previous books and felt as if it was an entire year until this one came out. I was not disappointed...

The overall story could have been about 3 hours less, it had a tendency to lag also, but listening to Teri Clark Linden had me completely intrigued.
I highly recommend this last book to everyone...I also wish the story of these amazing women wasn't over. Loved it!

The trilogy is finally here!

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… by Petra Dersr-Benning that I’ve experienced so far. Listening is such a pleasure because the narration is absolutely awesome!

Love all of the books…

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Great story to end the adventures of three friends when it had yet become a woman's world.

Queen of Beauty

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