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Madam, March 2014
Trade Size / e-Book
A Novel of New Orleans
Plume
March 2014
On Sale: February 25, 2014
Featuring: Mary Deubler; Madame Josie Arlington
338 pages ISBN: 0142180629 EAN: 9780142180624 Kindle: B00DMCPK94 Trade Size / e-Book
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Historical
When vice had a legal home and jazz was being born—the
captivating story of an infamous true-life madam
New Orleans, 1900. Mary Deubler makes a meager living as an
“alley whore.” That all changes when bible-thumping Alderman
Sidney Story forces the creation of a red-light district
that’s mockingly dubbed “Storyville.” Mary believes there’s
no place for a lowly girl like her in the high-class
bordellos of Storyville’s Basin Street, where Champagne
flows and beautiful girls turn tricks in luxurious bedrooms.
But with gumption, twists of fate, even a touch of Voodoo,
Mary rises above her hopeless lot to become the notorious
Madame Josie Arlington. Filled with fascinating
historical details and cameos by Jelly Roll Morton, Louis
Armstrong, and E. J. Bellocq, Madam is a fantastic romp
through The Big Easy and the irresistible story of a woman
who rose to power long before the era of equal rights.
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