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With the restoration of Notre Dame in people’s thoughts around the world, the mission of The French Heritage Society, to preserve France’s defining architecture, has never been more in focus. The Society bestowed its third annual Book Award upon Caroline Weber, author of Proust’s Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-Siècle Paris, at a private Upper East Side club earlier this month. In presenting the award, Jennifer Herlein, executive director of French Heritage, spoke on behalf of Christian Draz, French Heritage Society Book Award Co-Chair and Board Member: “Whatever offense her three society divas may have taken at being used as creative fodder for Proust’s satirical fiction, they would surely be highly flattered by the extraordinary lengths to which Caroline went to document the truth of their real and often difficult lives.”
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Caroline Weber and Elizabeth Stribling
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Caroline Weber, Jennifer Herlein, and Rob McQuilkin
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Geoffrey Bradfield, Rosalie Brinton, and Guy Robinson
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Elizabeth Stribling, Patricia Forelle, and Bénédicte De Montlaur
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Patricia Forelle and Rob McQuilkin
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CeCe Black and Judy McLaren
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Kevin Hurley and Cheryl Hurley
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Steven M.L. Aronson and Christopher Walling
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Yann Coatanlem, Consul General Anne-Claire Legendre, and Odile De Schiétère-Longchampt
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Joel Bell and Marifé Hernández
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Cheryl Hurley and Caroline Weber
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