2017 selection · Nonfiction

The Bettencourt Affair: The World's Richest Woman And The Scandal That Rocked Paris

The Bettencourt Affair: The World's Richest Woman And The Scandal That Rocked Paris by Tom Sancton appears in NPR’s 2017 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around nonfiction, biography & memoir, for history lovers, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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