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Betsy Prioleau

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  • Mrs. Frank Leslie

    The Tumultuous Marriage of the American “Empress of Journalism” and Oscar Wilde’s Feckless Brother

    On the unblissful union between Miriam Leslie and Willie Wilde.
    by Betsy Prioleau via Literary Hub on March 29, 2022
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Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age
Betsy Prioleau
2022

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