Summary Of Sarah Horowitz S The Red Widow

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Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 30 pages
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Release : 2022-09-17T00:00:00Z
Category : History
ISBN : 9798350024951

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Summary of Sarah Horowitz's The Red Widow by Everest Media, Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Meg was a Japy, and a Protestant one at that. The family was known for its paternalism and commitment to hard work, thrift, and sobriety. Édouard had a slightly turbulent youth, but unlike many of his male relatives, he went much too far. #2 Édouard Raus, a Japy Protestant, married the wrong woman, and his family didn’t approve. They kept the couple at arm’s length until they realized how much they adored each other. #3 Meg was a Japy Protestant, and her family was paternalistic and committed to hard work, thrift, and sobriety. She was utterly and completely her father’s daughter. #4 Édouard Raus, a Japy Protestant, married the wrong woman, and his family did not approve. He and his daughter Meg had a very close father-daughter relationship.

Author : Sarah Horowitz
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781728226330

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The Red Widow by Sarah Horowitz Pdf

"An unforgettable portrait of a woman who became one of the most notorious figures of her day and whose scandalous story sheds fascinating light not only on her own tumultuous time but ours as well." — Harold Schechter, author of Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Guinness, Butcher of Men Sex, corruption, and power: the rise and fall of the Red Widow of Paris Paris, 1889: Margeurite Steinheil is a woman with ambition. But having been born into a middle-class family and trapped in a marriage to a failed artist twenty years her senior, she knows her options are limited. Determined to fashion herself into a new woman, Meg orchestrates a scandalous plan with her most powerful resource: her body. Amid the dazzling glamor, art, and romance of bourgeois Paris, she takes elite men as her lovers, charming her way into the good graces of the rich and powerful. Her ambitions, though, go far beyond becoming the most desirable woman in Paris; at her core, she is a woman determined to conquer French high society. But the game she plays is a perilous one: navigating misogynistic double-standards, public scrutiny, and political intrigue, she is soon vaulted into infamy in the most dangerous way possible. A real-life femme fatale, Meg influences government positions and resorts to blackmail—and maybe even poisoning—to get her way. Leaving a trail of death and disaster in her wake, she earns the name the "Red Widow" for mysteriously surviving a home invasion that leaves both her husband and mother dead. With the police baffled and the public enraged, Meg breaks every rule in the bourgeois handbook and becomes the most notorious woman in Paris. An unforgettable true account of sex, scandal, and murder, The Red Widow is the story of a woman determined to rise—at any cost.

Author : William Le Queux
Publisher : Blurb
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1366463897

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RED WIDOW by William Le Queux Pdf

-Well-I hardly know,- was her hesitating response. -But I don't like auntie to remain in that house any longer, Gerald. Some evil lurks there; I'm sure of it!- Her companion smiled. -Are you quite sure you are not mistaken, Marigold?- he asked in a dubious tone. -Are you absolutely certain that you really saw Mr. Boyne on Thursday night?- -Why, haven't I already told you exactly what I saw?- asserted the girl excitedly. -I've related in detail all I know. And I repeat that I don't like auntie being there any longer.

Author : William Le Queux
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1544713797

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The Red Widow by William Le Queux Pdf

"Not in the least, Marigold," he replied, halting and looking straight into her clear, almost child-like eyes. "Please do not misunderstand me. But what you have said is so extraordinary that-well, it seems all so weird and amazing!" "That's just it. The affair is extraordinary, and, as I've said, I hope auntie will leave the place. She has a very good post as housekeeper to Mr. Boyne. Her affliction is against her, I know, but there is something in progress at Bridge Place that is too mysterious for my liking." "Then let us watch and try to discover what it really is," said Gerald Durrant determinedly. "Will you really help me?" she asked eagerly. "Of course. Rely upon me. If I can be of any assistance to you where your aunt is concerned, Marigold, I shall only be too delighted. Surely you know that!" he added, looking again into her eyes with an expression of unspoken admiration and affection.

Author : Anthony Horowitz
Publisher : Mulholland Books
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316196987

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The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz Pdf

For the first time in its one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year history, the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate has authorized a new Sherlock Holmes novel. Once again, The Game's Afoot... London, 1890. 221B Baker St. A fine art dealer named Edmund Carstairs visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson to beg for their help. He is being menaced by a strange man in a flat cap - a wanted criminal who seems to have followed him all the way from America. In the days that follow, his home is robbed, his family is threatened. And then the first murder takes place. Almost unwillingly, Holmes and Watson find themselves being drawn ever deeper into an international conspiracy connected to the teeming criminal underworld of Boston, the gaslit streets of London, opium dens and much, much more. And as they dig, they begin to hear the whispered phrase-the House of Silk-a mysterious entity that connects the highest levels of government to the deepest depths of criminality. Holmes begins to fear that he has uncovered a conspiracy that threatens to tear apart the very fabric of society. The Arthur Conan Doyle Estate chose the celebrated, #1 New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz to write The House of Silk because of his proven ability to tell a transfixing story and for his passion for all things Holmes. Destined to become an instant classic, The House of Silk brings Sherlock Holmes back with all the nuance, pacing, and almost superhuman powers of analysis and deduction that made him the world's greatest detective, in a case depicting events too shocking, too monstrous to ever appear in print...until now.

Author : Anne Youngson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250295163

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Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson Pdf

A professor in Denmark and a grandmother in England begin a correspondence, and a friendship, that develops into something extraordinary.

Author : Gil Adamson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408810217

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The Outlander by Gil Adamson Pdf

A brooding, compelling, fugitive-on-the-run story: shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, winner of the International Association of Crime Writers Dashiell Hammett Prize, nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. 'A remarkable first novel, full of verve, beautifully written, and with all the panache of a great adventure' Michael Ondaatje 'A superb adventure story' The Times On a moonlit night in 1903, a mysterious young woman flees alone across the Canadian wilderness, one quick step ahead of her pursuers. Mary Boulton is nineteen years old, half mad, and widowed - by her own hand. Tearing through the forest with dogs howling in the distance, she is desperate, her nerves burning, and she is certain of one thing only - that her every move is being traced. Two red-headed brothers, rifles across their backs, lurch close behind her: monstrous figures, identical in every way, with the predatory look of hyenas. She has murdered their brother, and their cold lust for vengeance is unswerving. As the widow scrambles to stay ahead of them, the burden of her existence disintegrates into a battle in which the dangers of her own mind become more menacing than the dangers of the night. Along the way, the steely outlaw encounters a changing cast of misfits and eccentrics. Some, like the recluse known as 'The Ridgerunner', provide a brief respite from her solitude; others, like the Reverend Bonnycastle, offer support only to reveal that they too have their own demons raging inside. As she is plunged further away from civilisation, her path from retribution to redemption slowly unfurls. A startling transformation of the classic western narrative, The Outlander is the haunting tale of one young woman's deliberate journey deep into the wild.

Author : John Dickson Carr
Publisher : Carroll & Graf Pub
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1997-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0786704403

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The Curse of the Bronze Lamp by John Dickson Carr Pdf

A curse shall befall anyone who takes the bronze lamp out of Egypt, so a seer has said. Lady Helen Loring thinks such tales are sheer poppycock. She takes the lamp back to England, she places it on the mantelpiece at Serven Hall, and she disappears, just as the seer said.

Author : Violet Jacob
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547629825

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Flemington by Violet Jacob Pdf

"Flemington" by Violet Jacob. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Katie Lattari
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781728229850

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Dark Things I Adore by Katie Lattari Pdf

"[C]areful and sinewy plotting, which reveals in chilling detail who gets to make art, and who gets subsumed in the process."—New York Times Book Review A debut thriller for fans of Lucy Foley and Liz Moore, Dark Things I Adore is a stunning Gone Girl-esque tale of atonement that proves that in the grasp of manipulative men, women may momentarily fall. But in the hands of fierce women, men will be brought to their knees. Three campfire secrets. Two witnesses. One dead in the trees. And the woman, thirty years later, bent on making the guilty finally pay. 1988. A group of outcasts gather at a small, prestigious arts camp nestled in the Maine woods. They're the painters: bright, hopeful, teeming with potential. But secrets and dark ambitions rise like smoke from a campfire, and the truths they tell will come back to haunt them in ways more deadly than they dreamed. 2018. Esteemed art professor Max Durant arrives at his protégé's remote home to view her graduate thesis collection. He knows Audra is beautiful and brilliant. He knows being invited into her private world is a rare gift. But he doesn't know that Audra has engineered every aspect of their weekend together. Every detail, every conversation. Audra has woven the perfect web. Only Audra knows what happened that summer in 1988. Max's secret, and the dark things that followed. And even though it won't be easy, Audra knows someone must pay. A searing psychological thriller of trauma, dark academia, complicity, and revenge, Dark Things I Adore unravels the realities behind campfire legends—the horrors that happen in the dark, the girls who become cautionary tales, and the guilty who go unpunished. Until now. "A smart, nuanced exploration of victims and villains, inspiration and theft, and the intersection of these things, in every artist. Pay attention to Katie Lattari. She's the real deal."—Sarah Langan, author of Good Neighbors

Author : Carter Dickson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : England
ISBN : OCLC:8858443

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The Bowstring Murders by Carter Dickson Pdf

Elderly eccentric Lord Rayle has a priceless collection of medieval arms and armor housed at Bowstring Castle. When he is found strangled by one of his own bowstrings, it is up to alcoholic detective John Gaunt to solve the crime.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 988 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101055309007

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Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide by Anonim Pdf

Author : Shelley Puhak
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781635574920

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The Dark Queens by Shelley Puhak Pdf

National Bestseller “A well-researched and well-told epic history. The Dark Queens brings these courageous, flawed, and ruthless rulers and their distant times back to life.”--Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Figures The remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to rule. Brunhild was a foreign princess, raised to be married off for the sake of alliance-building. Her sister-in-law Fredegund started out as a lowly palace slave. And yet-in sixth-century Merovingian France, where women were excluded from noble succession and royal politics was a blood sport-these two iron-willed strategists reigned over vast realms, changing the face of Europe. The two queens commanded armies and negotiated with kings and popes. They formed coalitions and broke them, mothered children and lost them. They fought a decades-long civil war-against each other. With ingenuity and skill, they battled to stay alive in the game of statecraft, and in the process laid the foundations of what would one day be Charlemagne's empire. Yet after the queens' deaths-one gentle, the other horrific-their stories were rewritten, their names consigned to slander and legend. In The Dark Queens, award-winning writer Shelley Puhak sets the record straight. She resurrects two very real women in all their complexity, painting a richly detailed portrait of an unfamiliar time and striking at the roots of some of our culture's stubbornest myths about female power. The Dark Queens offers proof that the relationships between women can transform the world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Books
ISBN : UCR:31210024109629

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New York Herald Tribune Book Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thomas Maltman
Publisher : Soho Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781616951917

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Little Wolves by Thomas Maltman Pdf

A tragic act of violence echoes through a small Minnesota town in this “powerful mystery” (The Christian Science Monitor). On the Minnesota prairie in the late 1980s, a drought season is pushing family farms to the brink. Against this backdrop, Little Wolves follows the story of a father searching for answers after his son shoots a local sheriff dead, while the same crime haunts a woman—a pastor’s wife and a scholar of early Anglo-Saxon literature—for reasons of her own. A penetrating look at small-town America from the award-winning author of The Night Birds, this book weaves together literary elements of folklore and Norse mythology while being driven by a riveting murder mystery.