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Sarah Horowitz

Red Widow Paperback Book

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At a Glance
True crime Paris scandal
Femme fatale biography
Power and corruption tale
Belle Époque intrigue
400-page gripping read
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"An unforgettable portrait of a woman who became one of the most notorious figures of her day and whose scandalous story sheds fascinating light not only on her own tumultuous time but ours as well." Harold Schechter, author of Hells Princess The Mystery of Belle Guinness, Butcher of MenSex, corruption, and power the rise and fall of the Red Widow of ParisParis, 1889 Margeurite Steinheil is a woman with ambition. But having been born into a middleclass family and trapped in a marriage to a failed artist twenty years her senior, she knows her options are limited.Determined to fashion herself into a new woman, Meg orchestrates a scandalous plan with her most powerful resource her body. Amid the dazzling glamor, art, and romance of bourgeois Paris, she takes elite men as her lovers, charming her way into the good graces of the rich and powerful. Her ambitions, though, go far beyond becoming the most desirable woman in Paris at her core, she is a woman determined to conquer French high society. But the game she plays is a perilous one navigating misogynistic doublestandards, public scrutiny, and political intrigue, she is soon vaulted into infamy in the most dangerous way possible.A reallife femme fatale, Meg influences government positions and resorts to blackmailand maybe even poisoningto get her way. Leaving a trail of death and disaster in her wake, she earns the name the "Red Widow" for mysteriously surviving a home invasion that leaves both her husband and mother dead....

SKU: M9781728280332
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Binding: Paperback;400 pages; Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc; Classification: BG; Weight: 528 g; Dimensions: 140 x 209 x 29

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