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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horowitz, Sarah, 1978- author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mistresses--France--Biography.

Mistresses.

Sex scandals--France--History--19th century.

Sex scandals.

Widows--France--Biography.

Widows.

Female offenders--France--Biography.

Female offenders.

Steinheil, Marguerite, 1869-1954.

Steinheil, Marguerite.

Faure, Félix, 1841-1899--Death and burial.

Faure, Félix.

Faure, Félix, 1841-1899.

France.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

True crime stories.

Physical Description:

x, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2022]

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.

Notes:

Includes reading group guide (pages 269-270).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-314) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Horowitz, Sarah, 1978- Red widow

ISBN:

9781728226323

1728226325

OCLC:

1286674687

Publisher Number:

99991523436