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The true story of a scandal that nearly destroyed the French Third Republic. A hundred years ago Therese Humbert was one of the most powerful women in France; her salon was the center of Parisian life, and her wealth was fabled. But her lifestyle, her history, and, most important, her fortune -- all were an elaborate hoax. When her con was finally exposed, thousands of small investors and creditors, including the in-laws of the artist Henri Matisse, were ruined. Therese was tried and sentenced to five yearsยฟ hard labor. When she was released from prison, she vanished. ยฟThe remarkable story of the spectacular rise and fall of a French peasant girls with an extraordinary imagination and irresistible powers of persuasion.ยฟ Illustrations.
Genre: Biography & Autobiography / General (fancy, right?)
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