Rosetta, 9780143780465
Paperback
Glamour, scandal, and a shocking family secret in Edwardian London.

Rosetta

a scandalous true story

  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    2 April 2017

Summary

The Scandalous Rosetta: A True Story of Love, Lies, and a Family Secret

Headstrong and beautiful, in 1905 Rosetta escaped her safe Melbourne life, deserting her respectable husband and five-year-old daughter to run away with Zeno the Magnificent, a half-Chinese fortune teller and seducer of souls.

The pair reinvented themselves in London, where they beguiled European society and risked everything for a life of glamour and desire. Rosetta said she was American; Zeno claimed t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780143780465
ISBN-10:0143780468
Author:Alexandra Joel
Publisher:Random House Australia
Imprint:Random House Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:2 April 2017
Weight:247g
Dimensions:195mm x 129mm x 23mm
About The Author

Alexandra Joel

Alexandra Joel is the author of Parade- the Story of Fashion in Australia, a social history detailing the development of fashion, style and national identity. She is a former editor of the Australian edition of the international magazine Harper’s Bazaar, and of Portfolio, Australia’s first magazine for working women. She has also been a regular contributor of feature articles, interviews and reviews to a number of national and metropolitan publications including The Australian and the Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend Magazine. More recently, Alexandra has been a practising counsellor and psychotherapist. She is an honours graduate from the University of Sydney and has a Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology.

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