THE RED WIDOW: The Scandal That Shook Paris and the Woman Behind It All

Paris, 1889. Margeurite Steinheil is a woman with ambition. 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. Illus.