The size of the typography is on the large side but it very easy to read. The typography looks handwritten and not a computer font, which gives it a more friendly feeling. And the Montage of fishes was an excellent over view of what fishes were mentioned as Little Fish friends. The double page spread really captures all the different fishes and the medium with the vibrant colors with the black borders help separate all the different fishes.
The book is fairly large but the inside makes up for that because the illustrations are just amazing.
But Little Fish favorite fish is introduced in the end of the story, can you guess who this special fish could be? Little Fish friends are all different, colors, shapes, appearances, sizes and there are some friends that are the same. Yet he remained fiercely loyal to Marie Antoinette, beyond her desperate flight to Varennes, her execution and even through his own imprisonment and trial.In this story Little Fish takes you along to meet all his friends. Fargeon, a lifelong supporter of the Republican cause but a purveyor to the court, was in a dangerous position. He served as her personal and exclusive perfumer for fourteen years until 1789 when the darkness of Revolution swept across France, its wrath aimed at the extravagance of a now hated queen. After meeting Marie Antoinette in the Trianon Palace, he began creating lavish bespoke scents that perfectly reflected her moods and personality. Concocting sumptuous perfumes and pomades for most of the French nobility, Fargeon eventually caught the attention of the queen. His ambition carried him to Paris where his boutique became one of the most elegant and well-patronised in France. But he dreams of the glittering court of Versailles and of becoming perfumer to the young queen, Marie Antoinette. Montpellier, 1748: Jean-Louis Fargeon is born into a family of perfumers and soon becomes apprentice to his father's modest perfumery. The untold story of Marie-Antoinette's perfumer, Jean-Louis Fargeon.
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