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9780061133947

Gilded Lily : Lily Safra - The Making of One of the World's Wealthiest Widows

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    9780061133947

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    0061133949

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1900-01-01
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publications
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The mesmerizing biography of one of the world's richest, most intriguing women-philanthropist and socialite Lily Safra In the early morning of December 3, 1999, Lily Safra stood shivering in her nightgown on the grounds outside her sumptuous Monte Carlo penthouse where, just hours before, her fourth husband, reclusive billionaire Edmond Safra, died in a fire. An American nurse employed by the Safra family was eventually convicted of the arson death. Overnight, Lily became one of the wealthiest widows in the world. The Brazilian-born Lily Safra was no stranger to tragedy. In 1969, her second husband, the Brazilian multimillionaire Alfredo Monteverde, died from two gunshots to the chest. The Brazilian authorities ruled it a suicide. In 1989, her beloved eldest son and four-year-old grandson died in a car accident. But just who is Lily Safra? Despite having become a fixture in society columns for her generous charity work and lavish parties, the elegant and enigmatic widow has remained in the background. Gilded Lily tells Lily Safra's story for the first time. Using archival sources, court documents, and interviews with childhood friends and former employees in South America, investigative journalist Isabel Vincent chronicle's Safra's rise from humble origins in Brazil to fabled wealth in London, New York, and Monaco.

Author Biography

Award winning investigative journalist Isabel Vincent is the author of Bodies and Souls, Hitler's Silent Partners, and See No Evil: The Strange Case of Christine Lamont and David Spencer. She works for the New York Post and lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction: "The Plot of a Great Novel"p. 1
"The Most Elegant Girl"p. 17
"Everything in Its Place"p. 37
"She Behaved Beautifully"p. 65
"Edmond Said He Would Fix Everything"p. 97
Two Weddingsp. 131
"The Billionaires' Club"p. 165
"When 1 Give Lily a Dollar, Lily Spends Two Dollars"p. 203
"Not Our Fault"p. 227
"Years of Sorrow and Days of Despair"p. 251
Epilogue: "We Know everything and We Know Nothing"p. 275
Acknowledgmentsp. 293
Notesp. 299
Indexp. 317
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