Mademoiselle Lenormand: The Seer of Paris

Mademoiselle Lenormand was no ordinary fortune-teller. Friend to Empress Josephine, consultant to Napoleon, and the woman whose predictions terrified Robespierre and his allies, she stood at the center of the French Revolution and Empire-reading cards, coffee grounds, and the lines of fate for the most powerful figures of her age.

This landmark volume brings together, in fresh English translation for the very first time, two classic and entirely distinct 19th-century works:

• Eugénie Pérignon's Prophetic Inspirations at the Tomb of Mademoiselle Lenormand (1854) - a lyrical, reverent portrait written by a woman steeped in the occult
• Francis Girault's Mademoiselle Lenormand: Her Complete Biography (1843) - a gripping narrative packed with eyewitness detail, including her dramatic encounters with revolutionary leaders, multiple arrests, and the full text of Napoleon's astonishing horoscope

You will discover:

• How a seven-year-old girl in a convent predicted her abbess's replacement-and was proven right
• The chilling evening three future tyrants laughed off their own doom
• The secret methods Lenormand used in her famous salon on Rue de Tournon
• Why Napoleon both consulted her and had her thrown in prison

The first serious, source-based biography of Mademoiselle Lenormand ever published in English, this dual edition restores her full story from the original French accounts. Whether you are fascinated by tarot history, French revolutionary intrigue, or the enduring power of divination, you will close this book unable to forget the woman the age itself called "the Sibyl of Paris."

Perfect for readers of The Secret History of the World or anyone who has ever wondered what the cards really said to Napoleon.