A dangerous woman : American beauty, noted philanthropist, Nazi collaborator : the life of Florence Gould /

"A revealing biography of Florence Gould, fabulously wealthy socialite and patron of the arts, who hid a 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 re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ronald, Susan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • San Francisco
  • From fire to flood and death
  • La Parisienne
  • War and the boy next door
  • Young Mrs. Heynemann
  • Home again, war and folies
  • The man they call "Franck"
  • Taming all those monsters
  • Leaving the perfumed air of Bohemia
  • Careless people
  • An amusing intermezzo for millionaires
  • Taking stock
  • The Monegasque feud fit for a prince
  • Hollywood calling
  • The phoenix rises
  • Scandal, America, and separate lives
  • Dark horizons
  • Fifth columns & fellow travelers
  • Fall of France
  • Ludwig
  • The anything goes occupation
  • In the garden of earthly delights
  • The occupation 1942-1943
  • Florence the banker
  • Liberation and treason
  • No safehavens
  • Paperclips and friends cast long shadows
  • A fortune to give away
  • Queen of the Riviera.