Empire of Sin - A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder and the Battle for New Orleans (Paperback)

Empire of Sin is a vibrant account of New Orleans in the early 1920s, a time when commercialised vice, jazz culture and endemic crime formed the background for a civil war that lasted for thirty years. At its centre the city's vice lord fought desperately to keep his empire intact. Populated by flamboyant prostitutes, crusading moral reformers, dissolute jazzmen, ruthless Mafiosi, corrupt politicians and a violent serial killer, the heady and dangerous underworld of the Jazz Age is bought vividly to life in Empire of Sin. This gripping account intertwines personal stories with the wider history of New Orleans and plunges the reader into the heart of a city at war with itself.

General

Imprint:	Amberley Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2015
Authors:	Gary Krist
Dimensions:	198 x 124 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-1-4456-5123-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz
LSN:	1-4456-5123-8
Barcode:	9781445651231

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