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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Podcast: Madame Rachel of Bond Street

Podcast: Madame Rachel of Bond StreetAuthor Helen Rappaport discusses the subject of her newest book, Beautiful For Ever: Madame Rachel of Bond Street - Cosmetician, Con-Artist and Blackmailer. In the talk, Helen reveals Madame Rachel's startling career path - from fish fryer in Clare Market to proprietor of an exclusive 'Temple of Renovation' that promised eternal beauty but was built upon a foundation of lies, treachery and blackmail - UK National Archives

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