Download A Dangerous Woman: American Beauty, Noted Philanthropist, Nazi Collaborator - The Life of Florence Gould AudioBook Free
From Susan Ronald, writer of The Pirate Queen, comes a uncovering new audiobook biography. With each sensational chapter, A Dangerous Female documents the life span of Florence Gould, a fabulously rich socialite and patron of the arts, who hid her dark former as a Nazi collaborator in 1940s Paris. Blessed in turn-of-the-century San Francisco to French parents, Florence migrated to Paris, aged 11. Thinking that only money brought respectability and enjoyment, she became the 3rd better half of Frank Jay Gould, kid of the railway millionaire Jay Gould. She led Frank's millions into hotels and casinos, creating an extravagance hotel and gambling house empire. She entertained Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Joseph Kennedy, and many Hollywood personalities, like Charlie Chaplin, who became her fan. While the get together ended for some Americans following the Crash of 1929, Frank and Florence refused to go home. During the Occupation, Florence needed several German enthusiasts and hosted a controversial salon. As the Allies sealed in, the unscrupulous Florence became embroiled in a notorious money laundering operation for fleeing high-ranking Nazis. Yet following the battle, not only have she avoid prosecution, but her great fortune bought her respectability as a substantial contributor to the Metropolitan Museum, New York School, and Cornell Medical College, among many others. It also received her friends like Estée Lauder who obligingly seemed the other way. A seductive and utterly amoral girl who loved to state "money doesn't caution who possesses it", Florence's life demonstrated a strong debate that perhaps money can purchase happiness after all.
