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008			170526s2017 nyuab b 000 0beng
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019			_a980944316
020			_a9781101984475 _qhardcover
020			_a1101984473 _qhardcover
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092			_aBettenco L. _bS212
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aSancton, Thomas _q(Thomas Alexander), _d1949- _eauthor. _9226674
245	1	4	_aThe Bettencourt affair : _bthe world's richest woman and the scandal that rocked Paris / _cTom Sancton.
264		1	_aNew York, New York : _bDutton, _c[2017]
300			_axv, 396 pages : _billustrations, map ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 339-396).
520	2		_a"Was the world's wealthiest woman--Liliane Bettencourt--heir to an estimated thirty-six-billion-dollar L'Oreal fortune, the victim of a con man? Or were her own family the real villains? This riveting narrative tells the real-life, shocking story behind the cause celebre that has captivated both France and the world. Liliane Bettencourt is the world's richest woman and the eleventh wealthiest person on the planet, as of 2016. But at ninety-four, she's embroiled in an incredible controversy that has dominated the headlines and ensnared a former president of France in the controversy. Why? [It is] thanks to an artist and photographer named Francois-Marie Banier, who was given hundreds of millions of dollars by Liliane. Liliane's daughter, Francoise, considers Banier a con man and filed a lawsuit against him, but Banier has a far different story to tell. It's all become Europe's biggest scandal in years, uncovering a shadowy corporate history, buried World War II secrets, illicit political payoffs, and much more. Written by Tom Sancton, a Vanity Fair contributor and former Time correspondent currently living in France, The Bettencourt Affair is part courtroom drama; part upstairs-downstairs tale; part business narrative of a glamorous global company with past Nazi connections; and part character-driven story of a complex, fascinating family and the intruder who nearly tore it apart"--Provided by publisher.
505	0		_aPrologue: lost in the fog -- Part one. Life before Banier -- The founder -- The heiress and the consort -- Poor little rich girl -- Part two. Banier enters the scene -- Portrait of the artist -- Such good friends -- Dark roots -- A generous man -- The Christmas visitor -- The ambitious Monsieur Sarkozy -- The whistle-blower -- Part three. The Bettencourt affair -- The opening salvo -- Sibling rivals -- Sarkozy joins the fray -- Metzner's end run -- Part four. The net spreads wider -- The butler did it -- Behind closed doors -- The Woerth affair -- Filthy rich -- Banier's Année Terrible -- The fixer -- Part five. The endgame -- Bordeaux -- Hardball -- A president in the crosshairs -- Banier strikes back -- Life and death -- The reckoning -- The eye of the beholder -- The wheels of justice -- Farewell to paradise? -- The verdict -- Epilogue: wings -- Cast of characters.
600	1	0	_aBettencourt, Liliane. _9333967
600	1	0	_aBettencourt, Liliane _xFriends and associates. _9333968
600	1	0	_aBanier, François-Marie. _9333969
600	1	0	_aSarkozy, Nicolas, _d1955- _9333970
610	2	0	_aL'Oréal (Firm) _xHistory. _9333971
650		0	_aScandals _zFrance _zParis _xHistory _y21st century. _9333972
650		0	_aSwindlers and swindling _zFrance _zParis _xHistory _y21st century. _9333973
650		0	_aBusinesswomen _zFrance _vBiography. _9333974
650		0	_aBillionaires _zFrance _vBiography. _9333975
650		0	_aOlder women _zFrance _vBiography. _9333976
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
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