Ian Graham
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
x, 294 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1965, an impoverished elderly woman was found dead in Nice, France. Her death marked the end of an era; she was the last of the great courtesans. Known as La Belle Otero, she was a volcanic Spanish beauty whose patrons included Kaiser Wilhelm II, the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia. She accumulated an enormous fortune, but gambled it all away. Scarlet Women tells her story and many more, including:Marie...