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A Dangerous Woman audiobook
- By: Susan Ronald
- Narrator: Carol Monda
- Category: History, Military, World War II
- Length: 14 hours 14 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: February 20, 2018
- Language: English
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A Dangerous Woman Audiobook Summary
From Susan Ronald, author of The Pirate Queen, comes a revealing new audiobook biography.
With each sensational chapter, A Dangerous Woman documents the life of Florence Gould, a fabulously wealthy socialite and patron of the arts, who hid her dark past as a Nazi collaborator in 1940’s Paris.
Born in turn-of-the-century San Francisco to French parents, Florence moved to Paris, aged eleven. Believing that only money brought respectability and happiness, she became the third wife of Frank Jay Gould, son of the railway millionaire Jay Gould. She guided Frank’s millions into hotels and casinos, creating a luxury hotel and casino empire. She entertained Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Joseph Kennedy, and many Hollywood stars, like Charlie Chaplin, who became her lover. While the party ended for most Americans after the Crash of 1929, Frank and Florence refused to go home. During the Occupation, Florence took several German lovers and hosted a controversial salon. As the Allies closed in, the unscrupulous Florence became embroiled in a notorious money laundering operation for fleeing high-ranking Nazis.
Yet after the war, not only did she avoid prosecution, but her vast fortune bought her respectability as a significant contributor to the Metropolitan Museum, New York University, and Cornell Medical School, among many others. It also earned her friends like Estee Lauder who obligingly looked the other way.
A seductive and utterly amoral woman who loved to say “money doesn’t care who owns it”, Florence’s life proved a strong argument that perhaps money can buy happiness after all.
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A Dangerous Woman Audiobook Narrator
Carol Monda is the narrator of A Dangerous Woman audiobook that was written by Susan Ronald
Born and raised in the United States, SUSAN RONALD is a British-American biographer and historian of eight books, including Conde Nast, The Ambassador, A Dangerous Woman, Hitler’s Art Thief, and Heretic Queen. She lives in rural England with her writer husband.
About the Author(s) of A Dangerous Woman
Susan Ronald is the author of A Dangerous Woman
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A Dangerous Woman Full Details
| Narrator | Carol Monda |
| Length | 14 hours 14 minutes |
| Author | Susan Ronald |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Macmillan Audio |
| Release date | February 20, 2018 |
| ISBN | 9781427295774 |
Subjects
The publisher of the A Dangerous Woman is Macmillan Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is History, Military, World War II
Additional info
The publisher of the A Dangerous Woman is Macmillan Audio. The imprint is Macmillan Audio. It is supplied by Macmillan Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781427295774.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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