Publisher's Synopsis
Marie-Madeleine is the pen name of a once-famous German Jewish lesbian writer whose sensuality and love for morphine was revealed in many of her bestselling books, originally released in the early twentieth century. Priestess of Morphine: The Lost Writings of Marie-Madeleine contains many of this fascinating woman's works, and also contains Stephen J. Gertz's foreword explaining why Marie-Madeleine has become a rediscovered heroine of lesbian and drug literature. Fascinating images from Marie-Madeleine's lost literature and career supplement this volume.