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Marc Koralnik |
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LADY SCARFACE
«These dames can kill with more than just their looks» Discover the women of the Mafia underworld: wives, mistresses and gangsters
in their own right !
in their own right !
From the Chicago brothels to Hollywood, they are called Ada and Mina Everleigh, The Empresses of Vice; Mary Margaret Collins, the Kiss of Death' girl; Louise Rolfe the Blonde alibi; Thelma Todd, and Virginia Hill : they are the companions of fortune and misfortune , of whisky, drugs and Al Capone's interminable parties, of Bugsy Siegel and Lucky Luciano. Pursued by FBI head J. Edgar Hoover and Elliott Ness, they are the muses of the Prohibition. Runaways, rebels, free spirits, they have chosen to be Lady Scarface, in life and in death.
A former student of the prestigious École Normale Supérieure and of the Sorbonne, historian, philosopher, and journalist, Diane Ducret is the author the bestselling titles Femmes de Dictateur I & II (Perrin, 2011, 2012) and Corpus Equi (Perrin, 2013). She has presented the Forum de l'histoire on the History channel and produced documentaries for the programme «Des Racines et des Ailes» on French television. Her most recent title is La Chair Interdite (Albin Michel, 2014)
A former student of the prestigious École Normale Supérieure and of the Sorbonne, historian, philosopher, and journalist, Diane Ducret is the author the bestselling titles Femmes de Dictateur I & II (Perrin, 2011, 2012) and Corpus Equi (Perrin, 2013). She has presented the Forum de l'histoire on the History channel and produced documentaries for the programme «Des Racines et des Ailes» on French television. Her most recent title is La Chair Interdite (Albin Michel, 2014)
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Published 2016-04-01 by Perrin |