294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note
Includes index.
Contents
Introductory French -- The making of a madam -- Young guns -- The sexual Olympics -- Head mistress -- Crime without punishment -- An American in Paris -- The turn of the screw -- Exile on Rodeo Drive -- The prisoner of sex.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
Traces the remarkable life of the head of post-World War II Paris' most exclusive finishing school, tracing her origins as an impoverished Jewish girl from the city of Angers and discussing the controversies that made her one of the world's most wanted women.
"The secret life of Madame Claude, the brilliant and complicated and utterly amoral woman behind the most glamorous and successful escort service in the world."--Dust jacket.
