Madam

<b>When vice had a legal home and jazz was being born--the captivating story of an infamous true-life madam<br></b> <br>New Orleans 1900. Mary Deubler makes a meager living as an alley whore. That all changes when bible-thumping Alderman Sidney Story forces the creation of a red-light district that's mockingly dubbed Storyville. Mary believes there's no place for a lowly girl like her in the high-class bordellos of Storyville's Basin Street where Champagne flows and beautiful girls turn tricks in luxurious bedrooms. But with gumption twists of fate even a touch of Voodoo Mary rises above her hopeless lot to become the notorious Madame Josie Arlington. <p/>Filled with fascinating historical details and cameos by Jelly Roll Morton Louis Armstrong and E. J. Bellocq Madam is a fantastic romp through The Big Easy and the irresistible story of a woman who rose to power long before the era of equal rights.