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Cliquot: A Racing Story of Ideal Beauty

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A Southern-set romance follows Neil Emory, a man haunted by his past, whose passionate attachment to Gwendoline Gwinn becomes entangled with his fascination for Cassandra Clovis, an actress, while society life and theatricality provide a glittering backdrop. Central to the plot is a magnificent but deadly racehorse that repeatedly kills its jockeys, driving a suspenseful subplot about who can master the animal; a mysterious young rider ultimately brings it to victory amid revelations that unsettle several characters. The novel blends love, social manners, and vivid race-course scenes with themes of obsession, risk, and the performance of identity.

Cliquot.

BY
KATE LEE FERGUSON.

Cliquot,” a new love romance from the pen of Kate Lee Ferguson, a rising young Southern authoress of the Amélie Rives school, is full of passion, piquancy and breathless interest. All through it possesses that quality which the French call chic, which gives it that flavor which everybody likes. Neil Emory’s domestic drama—for he is a man with a past in his history—and his deep-rooted passion for Gwendoline Gwinn, as well as the fascination exerted upon him by Cassandra Clovis, an actress, are intermingled with an exciting tale of the race-track in which the foremost figures are Cliquot, a fleet but unmanageable racing stallion, and the mysterious jockey who rides him to final victory after the superb horse has been the death of all his predecessors. The scene is laid in the South and the agreeable volume gives a most charming glimpse of fashionable Southern society. The racing incidents are very graphic and will take a firm hold on all admirers of horse-flesh. “Cliquot” is written in a sprightly style and is just the book to raise a sensation and be talked about in every direction.

PHILADELPHIA:
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS;
306 CHESTNUT STREET.