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"[Gleeson's] obvious passion for her story carries the reader along from crisis to crisis, and her eye for sensual detail allows her to recreate vividly the opulent world of French regency society, a world whose hunger for easy wealth and willingness to suspend common sense in pursuit of it emerges finally, chillingly, as very like our own.Gleeson, Janet is the author of 'Millionaire: The Philanderer, Gambler, and Duelist Who Invented Modern Finance' with ISBN 9780684872964 and ISBN 068487296X.
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