A Dangerous Woman

Praise for A Dangerous Woman Ronald provides an unvarnished account of the life of avant-garde socialite Florence Lacaze Gould, whose dazzling, gilded lifestyle belied her dark side as a libertine, Nazi collaborator, and war profiteer . . .History lovers will welcome this impressive book about a captivating, flawed woman. --Publishers Weekly Drawing on many published sources, newspaper reports of Gould's scandalous escapades, and Gould's often fraudulent testimony when she was interrogated as a Nazi collaborator, Ronald conveys the glittering surface of Gould's life. .... A light, lively narrative about a singular, narcissistic woman. --KirkusPraise for Hitler's Art Thief [A] riveting portrait of Gurlitt, who detested the Nazis, and stole from them, but did their bidding in the name of 'saving modern art'. --The New Yorker Ronald situates Gurlitt's life and career amid the turmoil of Weimar Germany and then the evolution of Nazi art-looting campaigns from the late 1930s to the end of World War II, [adding] many new details about Gurlitt's dealings. --The Wall Street Journal Susan Ronald tells the back story of what may be the most startling art-world bust in modern history. --USA Today One man'sextraordinary career of thievery . . . an exhaustively researched and well written book that has a cautionary tale for all of us. --Forbes Outstanding. . . Hitler's Art Thief brilliantly examines the motivating forces, both internal and external, that led Hildebrand Gurlitt to go work for the Fuhrer. --The Jerusalem Post Another chapter in the unfolding story of Holocaust art and its provenance, Hitler'sArt Thief provides the background of a story that came to light when more than a thousand works of art, valued at more than $1.35 billion, were found in a tiny Munich apartment. --The Jewish Week