Mary Jackson Peale: One Woman's Tale of Romance, Betrayal and Determination

By 23, the supremely confident Mary Jackson-Peale had become one of the most influential theatrical agents on London's prestigious West Side. But her self-indulgent lifestyle, which included a string of bi-sexual relationships, endless cocktails of booze and drugs, and the accidental manslaughter of her sex-craved boss, made her a felon on the run.

To escape Scotland Yard's dragnet, Mary created a...