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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. sadly a boring book about a very interesting true story ( ) 3421. La Grande Therese The Greatest Scandal of the Century, by Hilary Spurling (read Mar 19, 2001) This book, by the author of a good biography of Paul Scott (which I read with appreciation on Nov 10, 1991), tells of Therese (nee Daurignac) Humbert, who was born in 1856 and was the central figure in what is called the Humbert Swindle. It is a fantastic story, but this book does not tell it well, the chronology being confused and the documentation sparse. One of the two least worthwhile books I read this month. (The other was The Triple Crown, by Valerie Pirie.) no reviews | add a review
Therese Humbert's salon captivated fin-de-siecle Paris. Her dazzling wealth, as the illegitimate daughter of an American billionaire, was fabled. But it was all a hoax. 'La Grande Therese' looks at her life and times. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)944.081History and Geography Europe France and region France Third republic 1870- Third Republic 1870-1945 ; XXth CenturyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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