Three unforgettable women and a man of

genius...

Only Judith Krantz could tell the story of

three passionate heroines whose shared legacy-

and destiny-is their love for the same dom-

inating, tempestuous man-the great painter

Julien Mistral. Mistral, like the fierce wind of

Provence that shares his name, leaves no one in

his path unchanged.

The story begins in Paris of the 1920s where

Maggy Lunel comes to seek her fortune. A flam-

boyant redhead with the innocence of Gigi and

the style of Coco Chancl, Maggy is an artists

model and the toast of Montparnasse. She is

quickly swept into an affair with Mistral. Their

few turbulent months together inspire his first

major paintings and rob Maggy of her innocence.

Maggy Lunel is Mistral s first true inspiration

and, though they separate, fate will always link

them. Only years later when he meets Teddy

Lunel, Maggy s daughter, does the obsessed

Mistral discover his greatest love. Teddy is the

top photographic model of the 1950s-trium-

phant, sought-after, restless. She and Mistral

abandon everyone and everything in their reck-

less love.