Description
Some called her a brash gangster's mool. Others called her a breathtaking beauty. Still others talked of amazing business sense. From rich man's mistress to self-made entrepreneur, Mary Waterhouse lived nine lives in one, as a woman of her times, a woman of mystery, romance and, above all, unquenchable spirit.
This marvelous novel tells her story....her childhood terror, fleeing from a London slum to escape the bombs of World War II... her marriage at fifteen, penniless and pregnant...her dazzling roller-coaster climb to wealth, position and grandeur.
In her glittering journey of survival, Mary encounters glamorous playboys, hard-nosed gangsters, memorable politicians, mysterious gypsies and decadent nobility-in a sweeping tale of love and loss, revenge and mystery, of an indomitable, unforgettable woman who refuses to give up...no matter what dark secrets lie waiting to reach out from her past.
ISBN:0449131548
