Blue BloodRebekah Harkness was one of the world's richest women, the Standard Oil heiress and founding patron of the Harkness Ballet. But beneath the elegant surface lurked a driven woman tormented by personal demons. This biography tells the story of how one of the richest families descended into a world of drugs, madness, suicide, and violence. |
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