A self-defined seductress of beautiful women and the by-product of an immense fortune, lesbian activist Mercedes de Acosta (born in 1892) was descended from Spain's Dukes of Alba and a beneficiary of the best education and best social skills that her parents' Gilded Age fortune could buy.
From her perch within the aristocracy of the Belle poque , and continuing as an arts-industry swinger until her death in 1968, she became notorious for seducing-and describing to socialites on b.
Blood Moon Productions, Ltd. The seductive sapphic exploits of mercedes de acosta: hollywood's greatest lover, paperback/darwin porter
