They were three generations of magnificent red-haired beauties born to scandal， bred to success， bound to a single extraordinary man--Julien Mistral， the painter， the genius， the lover whose passions had seared them all. Maggy--Flamboyant mistress of Mistral s youth， the toast of Paris in the 20s. Her luminous flesh was immortalized in the paintings that made Mistral legendary. Teddy--Maggy s daughter， the incomparabl cover girl who lived fast and left as her legacy Mistral s dazzling love child. Fauve--Mistral s daughter， the headstrong， fearless glory girl whose one dark secret drove her to rule the world of high fashion and to risk everything in a feverish search for love. From the 20s Paris of Chanel， Colette， Picasso and Matisse to New York s sizzling new modeling agencies of the 50s， to the model ward of the 70s， "Mistral s Daughter" captures the explosive glamour of life at the top of the worlds of art and high fashion. Judith Krantz has given us a glittering international tale as spellbinding as her other celebrated best-sellers， "Scruples，" "Princess Daisy， I ll Take Manhattan，" "Till We Meet Again，" "Scruple" s Two， "Dazzle，" and "Lovers."