{"product_id":"the-queen-by-josh-levin","title":"The Queen - By Josh Levin","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHE QUEEN: The never-before-told story of a beguilingly complex American character, lost in the rush to create a vicious stereotype. For fans of incredible investigative writing in the vein of David Grann and John Carreyrou\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'THE QUEEN is an invaluable work of non-fiction' - David Grann, Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is the gripping true tale of a villain who changed American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the 1970s, Linda Taylor became a fur-wearing, Cadillac-driving symbol of the undeserving poor - the original 'welfare queen'. In the press she was the ultimate template for this insidious stereotype; Ronald Reagan himself cited her criminal behaviour in his presidential campaign, turning public opinion firmly against state benefits and those who used them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut Taylor was demonized for the least of her crimes. She was a con artist, a thief, a kidnapper, maybe even a murderer - and certainly one of the most gifted and deranged criminals of modern times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHE QUEEN is the never-before-told story of a beguilingly complex American character, forgotten in the rush to create a vicious American myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished: 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCategory: Non Fiction, True Crime\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Wildfire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 404\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: 233 x 153mm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Josh Levin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31972310188074,"sku":"9781472266057","price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/products\/1000pxx1000px-2022-08-18T111034.206.jpg?v=1660785104","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/the-queen-by-josh-levin","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}