Fernande grudet biography books

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Subscribe to receive some of our best reviews, "beyond the book" articles, book club info and giveaways by email. Recruitment appears to have been no problem; indeed, Madame Claude maintained she was oversubscribed. She judged them initially on "face, figure and intelligence", before subjecting them to a final hurdle - a night with one of her essayeurs, a trusted team of testers who would sample the women and report back on their sexual technique.

Fernande grudet biography books

For those who passed her recruitment process, the rewards were substantial. According to William Stadiem, who wrote an unpublished biography of Madame Claude, her clients in the '60s and '70s included such figures as Muammar Gaddafi, Marlon Brando and "half the French cabinet". But in , the French tax authorities began to investigate her finances.

To avoid arrest she fled to Los Angeles. In , she returned to France, believing the statute of limitations meant she was safe from prosecution. Vanity Fair. France Retrieved 27 February New York Times. Retrieved 23 December External links [ edit ]. Prostitution in France. Loi Marthe Richard. Morgane Merteuil Thierry Schaffauser. Les amis du bus des femmes Syndicat du travail sexuel.

Authority control databases. AbeBooks Seller since 30 September View this seller's items. Known as France? Drawing on personal conversations with her and on many celebrity testimonies, William Stadiem recounts Grudet? Seller Inventory Contact seller. Report this item. The life of Madame Claude, the brilliant and complicated and utterly amoral woman behind the most glamorous and successful escort service in the world.

Her alumnae married more fortunes, titles and famous names than any of the Seven Sisters.