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Temptress : The Scandalous Life of Alice de Janze and the Mysterious Death of Lord Erroll by Paul Spicer (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN-100312584180
ISBN-139780312584184
eBay Product ID (ePID)99666031
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Book TitleTemptress : the Scandalous Life of Alice De Janze and the Mysterious Death of Lord Erroll
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMurder / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Historical
Publication Year2011
IllustratorYes
GenreTrue Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorPaul Spicer
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight8.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsIn Paul Spicer the notorious American expatriate and radiant beauty Alice de Janzé has finally met her match., "Spicer has brought an extraordinary character out of the shadows." -- James Fox, author of White Mischief "A true story of glamour, scandal, and murder in colonial Africa." -- The Daily Beast "In Paul Spicer the notorious American expatriate and radiant beauty Alice de Janzé has finally met her match." -- Michael Holroyd, author of A Strange Eventful History "Fans of Frances Osborne's The Bolter will enjoy Paul Spicer's The Temptress ." -- The Wall Street Journal, "Spicer has brought an extraordinary character out of the shadows." -James Fox, author of White Mischief "A true story of glamour, scandal, and murder in colonial Africa." - The Daily Beast "In Paul Spicer the notorious American expatriate and radiant beauty Alice de Janzé has finally met her match." -Michael Holroyd, author of A Strange Eventful History "Fans of Frances Osborne's The Bolter will enjoy Paul Spicer's The Temptress ." - The Wall Street Journal, "Spicer has brought an extraordinary character out of the shadows." -- James Fox, author of White Mischief "A true story of glamour, scandal, and murder in colonial Africa." -- The Daily Beast "In Paul Spicer the notorious American expatriate and radiant beauty Alice de Janz has finally met her match." -- Michael Holroyd, author of A Strange Eventful History "Fans of Frances Osborne's The Bolter will enjoy Paul Spicer's The Temptress ." -- The Wall Street Journal
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Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal364.152/3092
SynopsisThis is the fascinating life of femme fatale Alice de Janze, a book that "may well have solved the mystery of Lord Erroll's killing" (San Francisco Chronicle) --the story at the center of James Fox's White Mischief. A glamorous American multimillionairess, Alice de Janze scandalized 1920s Paris when she left her aristocratic French husband for an English lover--whom she later tried to kill in a failed murder-suicide. Abandoning Paris for the moneyed British colonial society known as Kenya's Happy Valley, she became the lover of womanizer Joss Hay, Lord Erroll. In 1941, Erroll was shot in his car on an isolated road. The crime remained unsolved. Paul Spicer, whose mother was a confidante of Alice's, uses personal letters and research to piece together what really happened that fateful evening. He brings to life an era of unimaginable wealth and indulgence, where jealousy and hidden passions brewed. At the heart of The Temptress is Alice, whose seductive charms no man could resist, and whose unfulfilled quest for love ended in her own suicide at age forty-two., This is the fascinating life of femme fatale Alice de Janzé, a book that "may well have solved the mystery of Lord Erroll's killing" (San Francisco Chronicle) --the story at the center of James Fox's White Mischief. A glamorous American multimillionairess, Alice de Janzé scandalized 1920s Paris when she left her aristocratic French husband for an English lover--whom she later tried to kill in a failed murder-suicide. Abandoning Paris for the moneyed British colonial society known as Kenya's Happy Valley, she became the lover of womanizer Joss Hay, Lord Erroll. In 1941, Erroll was shot in his car on an isolated road. The crime remained unsolved. Paul Spicer, whose mother was a confidante of Alice's, uses personal letters and research to piece together what really happened that fateful evening. He brings to life an era of unimaginable wealth and indulgence, where jealousy and hidden passions brewed. At the heart of The Temptress is Alice, whose seductive charms no man could resist, and whose unfulfilled quest for love ended in her own suicide at age forty-two.
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