{"product_id":"the-bettencourt-affair-the-worlds-richest-woman-and-the-scandal-that-rocked-paris-paperback","title":"The Bettencourt Affair: The World's Richest Woman and the Scandal That Rocked Paris - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Sancton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn NPR Best Book of 2017\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeiress to the nearly forty-billion-dollar L'Oréal fortune, Liliane Bettencourt was the world's richest woman and the fourteenth wealthiest person. But her gilded life took a dark yet fascinating turn in the past decade. At ninety-four, she was embroiled in what has been called the Bettencourt Affair, a scandal that dominated the headlines in France. Why? It's a tangled web of hidden secrets, divided loyalties, frayed relationships, and fractured families, set in the most romantic city--and involving the most glamorous industry--in the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Bettencourt Affair started as a family drama but quickly became a massive scandal, uncovering L'Oréal's shadowy corporate history and buried World War II secrets. From the Right Bank mansions to the Left Bank artist havens; and from the Bettencourts' servant quarters to the office of President Nicolas Sarkozy; all of Paris was shaken by the blockbuster case, the shocking reversals, and the surprising final victim. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt all began when Liliane met François-Marie Banier, an artist and photographer who was, in his youth, the toast of Paris and a protégé of Salvador Dalí. Over the next two decades, Banier was given hundreds of millions of dollars in gifts, cash, and insurance policies by Liliane. What, exactly, was their relationship? It wasn't clear, least of all to Liliane's daughter and only child, Françoise, who became suspicious of Banier's motives and filed a lawsuit against him. But Banier has a far different story to tell... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bettencourt Affair\u003c\/i\u003e is part courtroom drama; part upstairs-downstairs tale; and part characterdriven story of a complex, fascinating family and the intruder who nearly tore it apart.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Sancton \u003c\/b\u003ewas a longtime Paris bureau chief for \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, where he wrote more than fifty cover stories. He first broke the Bettencourt affair for many American readers with his feature piece in \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e in 2010. Sancton coauthored the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e (and international) bestseller \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Princess\u003c\/i\u003e, a probing investigation of the murky circumstances behind Princess Diana's death. He has also written for \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest, Newsweek, \u003c\/i\u003eand other leading magazines. A Rhodes scholar who studied at Harvard and Oxford, he is currently a research professor at Tulane University in New Orleans, where he spends part of the year. In 2014, the French government named Tom Sancton a Chevalier (knight) in the Order of Arts and Letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 07, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47486446665981,"sku":"9781101984499","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/Q2VwZkdDK3NsUW9QTnlBbzFhVHdSUT09.webp?v=1777740742","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-bettencourt-affair-the-worlds-richest-woman-and-the-scandal-that-rocked-paris-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}