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Madame Rachel had everything.
A Mayfair address; the title of 'purveyor to Her Majesty the Queen'; a shop full of exotic expensive creams and potions; and a clientele of the aristocratic the rich - and the gullible.
Little did they suspect that Madame Rachel had once been a poor fish-fryer in a disease-ridden grubby corner of Victorian London. Her shop in New Bond Street lured her wealthy clients in their droves enticed by the promise of eternal beauty. What they found there was a con-woman and fraudster who made a career out of lies treachery and the desperate hopes of women wanting to be 'beautiful for ever'.
Beautiful For Ever is a thrilling tale of love affairs scandal blackmail high-profile court cases suicide and fraud with the extraordinary Madame Rachel right at the centre of it all.
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Madame Rachel had everything.
A Mayfair address; the title of 'purveyor to Her Majesty the Queen'; a shop full of exotic expensive creams and potions; and a clientele of the aristocratic the rich - and the gullible.
Little did they suspect that Madame Rachel had once been a poor fish-fryer in a disease-ridden grubby corner of Victorian London. Her shop in New Bond Street lured her wealthy clients in their droves enticed by the promise of eternal beauty. What they found there was a con-woman and fraudster who made a career out of lies treachery and the desperate hopes of women wanting to be 'beautiful for ever'.
Beautiful For Ever is a thrilling tale of love affairs scandal blackmail high-profile court cases suicide and fraud with the extraordinary Madame Rachel right at the centre of it all.
Helen Rappaport is an historian and Russianist with specialisms in the Victorians and revolutionary Russia.
Her books include No Place for Ladies: The Untold Story of Women in the Crimean War, Ekaterinburg: The Last Days of the Romanovs, Beautiful For Ever: Madame Rachel of Bond Street ¿ Cosmetician, Con-Artist and Blackmailer, Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death that Changed the Monarchy; Four Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses and Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, 1917. A fluent Russian speaker, she has translated many classic Russian plays (including all of Chekhov¿s) and was historical consultant to Tom Stoppard¿s National Theatre trilogy The Coast of Utopia (2002). She is also a frequent contributor to television and radio documentaries, most recently Russiäs Lost Princesses (BBC2, 2014). She lives in West Dorset.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780099570134 |
| ISBN-10: | 0099570130 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Rappaport, Helen |
| Hersteller: | Vintage |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 198 x 129 x 20 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Helen Rappaport |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.05.2012 |
| Gewicht: | 0,401 kg |
Helen Rappaport is an historian and Russianist with specialisms in the Victorians and revolutionary Russia.
Her books include No Place for Ladies: The Untold Story of Women in the Crimean War, Ekaterinburg: The Last Days of the Romanovs, Beautiful For Ever: Madame Rachel of Bond Street ¿ Cosmetician, Con-Artist and Blackmailer, Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death that Changed the Monarchy; Four Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses and Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, 1917. A fluent Russian speaker, she has translated many classic Russian plays (including all of Chekhov¿s) and was historical consultant to Tom Stoppard¿s National Theatre trilogy The Coast of Utopia (2002). She is also a frequent contributor to television and radio documentaries, most recently Russiäs Lost Princesses (BBC2, 2014). She lives in West Dorset.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780099570134 |
| ISBN-10: | 0099570130 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Rappaport, Helen |
| Hersteller: | Vintage |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 198 x 129 x 20 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Helen Rappaport |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.05.2012 |
| Gewicht: | 0,401 kg |
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