A Woman Against the World

IN A WORLD THAT GAVE HER NOTHING, SHE TOOK EVERYTHING SHE COULD...

She was Therese Lachman -- bastard child, courtesan, spy...brilliant, cunning, and beautiful beyond measure...

She was born into squalid poverty yet grew to become the wealthiest woman in Europe...

She was disgusted by the desires of the flesh yet became a courtesan and later a most accomplished and ardent lover...

She hated herself for becoming a spy yet used all her wiles to forge a one-woman empire...

She was given love and acceptance by virtual strangers yet the only being she could ever truly love was her black Arabian stallion...

Here is a marvelous and engaging story of a very unusual woman who fought for independence and achieved it splendidly.