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Author:

Horowitz, Sarah, 1978- author.

Title:

The red widow : the scandal that shook Paris and the woman behind it all / Sarah Horowitz.

Publisher:

Sourcebooks,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

x, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Steinheil, Marguerite,--1869-1954.
Faure, Félix,--1841-1899--Death and burial.
Mistresses--France--Biography.
Sex scandals--France--History--19th century.
Widows--France--Biography.
Female offenders--France--Biography.
True crime stories.

Notes:

Includes reading group guide (pages 269-270). Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-314) and index.

Summary:

"A rollicking historical account of Marguerite Steinheil ('the Red Widow"), a real-life French femme fatale who used her influence to arrange governmental appointments, blackmailed her opponents, and may have even attempted to poison those who got in the way of her agenda--and also mysteriously survived a home invasion that left her husband and mother dead, leaving the police with more questions than answers. For readers of The Radium Girls and Sin in the Second City, THE RED WIDOW delivers intrigue and suspense like no other historical biography on the market"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1728226325
9781728226323 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1286674687

LCCN:

2021055947

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

FCPB384 -- Dike Public Library (Dike)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

DMPC403 -- Montgomery Memorial Library (Jewell)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

SZPC124 -- Kothe Memorial Library (Parkersburg)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)