Diamonds And Deadlines
A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age
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βThey just don’t make characters like this anymore. Kudos to Prioleau for her gallant historical rescue mission.β – Kirkus
The first major biography of the glamorous and scandalous Miriam Leslieβa titan of publishing and an unsung hero of womenβs suffrage. A fantastic Gilded Age story that speaks to the important social issues of our time.
Reviews & Praise
for Diamonds and Deadlines
β¦ New York Times Editors Choice β¦
β¦ Wall Street Journal Noteworthy Book β¦
β¦ A “Bill’s Books” Selection from Bill Goldstein on Today in New York β¦
βAn appropriately twisty tale of someone trying to outrun her origins. . . . Her story sparkles, as intoxicating as a champagne fountain that somebody else is paying for.β
βThe New York Times Book Review
“[An] extremely well-researched biography . . . Prioleau is especially strong on context, bringing Gilded Age New York to vivid life. Her book is also the story of a woman who took on men at their own gameβand beat most of them. This is an extraordinary life, well told.”
βAnne de Courcy, The Telegraph (starred review)
“Ms. Prioleau brings this forgotten woman vividly to life. . . . Along the way, she provides a wider picture of the society Miriam inhabited, with its extremes of affluence and penury. . . . Part of the pleasure of the book is the Kim Kardashian factorβreading about a woman who breaches social norms and succeeds on her own terms.”
βThe Wall Street Journal
βHigh praise to Prioleau for so vividly and incisively telling the whole dramatic story of this ‘titanic vanguard figure.’β
βBooklist (starred review)
βThey just don’t make characters like this anymore. Kudos to Prioleau for her gallant historical rescue mission.β
βKirkus Reviews
βThe fascinating true story of the first publishing titan in Americaβthe forgotten Mrs. Frank Leslie, a Gilded Age journalistic powerhouse who led a life of intrigue, scandal, and grit. Diamonds and Deadlines takes us inside a world of larger-than-life characters, cinematic scenes, and dramatic exposΓ©s. Mrs. Leslie, a legend in her time, was not who she seemed. Betsy Prioleau restores this fabulous, pioneering woman to her rightful place in history with novelistic flair and zest.β
βArianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global
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Seductress
Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love
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In this road map to restoring feminine sexual power, Betsy Prioleau introduces and analyzes the stories and stratagems of history’s greatest seductresses. These are the women who ravished the worldβfrom such classic figures as Cleopatra and Mae West to such lesser-known women as the infamous Violet Gordon Woodhouse, who lived in a mΓ©nage with four men. Smarts, imagination, courage, and killer charm helped these love maestras claim the men of their choice and keep them fascinated for life. Through an exposΓ© of their secrets, Seductress provides an authoritative, empowering guide to erotic sovereignty.