Madam: A Novel of New Orleans

by Cari Lynn and Kellie Martin

Book Overview

When vice had a legal home and jazz was being born--the captivating story of an infamous true-life madam New Orleans, 1900. Mary Deubler makes a meager living as an "alley whore." That all changes when bible-thumping Alderman Sidney Story forces the creation of a red-light district that's mockingly dubbed "Storyville." Mary believes there's no place for a lowly girl like her in the high-class bordellos of Storyville's Basin Street, where Champagne...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142180629
• ISBN13: 9780142180624
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

excellent history

well researched. Made me feel I was in New Orleans. Had apathy for the characters that came on hard times.