They were three generations of magnificentred-haired beauties born to scandal, bred to success,bound to a single extraordinary man--Julien Mistral,the painter, the genius, the lover whose passionshad seared them all. Maggy--Flamboyant mistress ofMistral's youth, the toast of Paris in the '20s.Her luminous flesh was immortalized in thepaintings that made Mistral legendary. Teddy--Maggy'sdaughter, the incomparable cover girl who lived fastand left as her legacy Mistral's dazzling lovechild. Fauve--Mistral's daughter, the headstrong,fearless glory girl whose one dark secret drove herto rule the world of high fashion and to riskeverything in a feverish search for love. From the'20s Paris of Chanel, Colette, Picasso and Matisse toNew York's sizzling new modeling agencies of the'50s, to the model ward of the '70s,Mistral's Daughter captures the explosiveglamour of life at the top of the worlds of art andhigh fashion. Judith Krantz has given us aglittering international tale as spellbinding as herother celebrated best-sellers,Scruples, Princess Daisy, I'll TakeManhattan, Till We Meet Again,Scruple s Two,Dazzle, and Lovers.From the Paperback edition.