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Madame Panache
1789–1881
An early 19th-century novelist and historical writer, this elusive author published as Madame Panache and left behind fiction full of social observation as well as ambitious historical work.
3 Audiobooks
Manners: A Novel, Vol 3
by Madame Panache
Manners: A Novel, Vol 1
by Madame Panache
Manners: A Novel, Vol 2
by Madame Panache
About the author
Madame Panache was the pen name of a 19th-century writer identified in library and bibliographic records as Frances Moore, born in 1789 or 1790 and died in 1881. She appears to have published under the French-style pseudonym rather than her own name, which helps explain why so little biographical detail survives.
Her known books include the novel Manners (1817), A Year and a Day (1818), and Historical Life of Joanna of Sicily, Queen of Naples and Countess of Provence (1824). Records also credit her as a translator of Carlo Botta's history of Italy, showing a range that moved from fiction and social themes to serious historical writing.
What makes her interesting now is that she is still partly hidden from view: the books remain, but the person behind them is only faintly documented. That mystery gives her work an extra appeal for readers who enjoy rediscovering overlooked voices from the long 19th century.