Mistrals Daughter

by Judith Krantz

Book Overview

They were three generations of magnificent red-haired beauties born to scandal, bred to success, bound to a single extraordinary man--Julien Mistral, the painter, the genius, the lover whose passions... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517549069
• ISBN13: 9780517549063
• Release Date: December 1982
• Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
• Length: 531 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

I loved this book

I really enjoyed this book and in a way, I wish Krantz would do an update of what Fauve is up to today because she was such an vivid character. Loved the span of generations.

Mistral's women

Julien Mistral is a painter with great passion for his work. He also has passion for three generations of Lunel women, two of whom are his mistresses and one who is his daughter. With Mistral, nothing can come between him and his work and this obsession, coupled with fateful occurences in the lives of the Lunels is the foundation on which this book is written. Krantz has a way of creating characters which the reader cares about and putting them into situations where their flawed human nature causes many complications in their lives. This book takes the reader behind the scenes of the art and fashion worlds of France and New York, and tells an engrossing and interesting tale. It's a good read!

I thought that it was quite impressive.

I love how it spaned time and generations, somethig that all could relate to.It is true that at points it was far fetched, but isn't that why we read? To have something that we have not yet experienced in the physical....

it was a very good book, I like the way it is written.

I like very much the book, but I really like best the mini-series on TV I would like to know where can I buy the video of this movie, and the music of this picture, it was very beautiful I think the name was something like "april in paris" and I believe is french, where can I order it.

The weakest Krantz, but still entertaining

This one is really melodramatic...IMHO Ms. Krantz should stick to the relatively unsentimantal present day (or at least, post-'80s). The action in this one spans nearly 70 or 80 years, from the turn of the century to the late '70s/early '80s. The main problem is the central figure - in this case, a Picasso-esque artist called Julien Mistral (the Mistral of the title, which is not the infamous mistral wind of Provence, though I guess his character is supposed to be like that wind or something). The heroines are three women - the Maggy, her daughter Teddy, and granddaughter Fauve. Parts of the story are so melodramatic and hokey they will make you laugh out loud, though I don't think that was the author's intention. Still, this is far better than any Romance genre novel out there, and just as romantic as any of them.