The Petticoat Parade: Madam Monnier and the Roe Street Brothels by Leigh Straw

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book edges and corners. Creasing to front cover. Scratch to top half-title page. Body text and binding are also very good.

Madam Marie Monnier (aka Josie de Bray) owned most of Roe Street from World War I up to the 1940s. But her business prowess was not appreciated by everyone because Madam Monnier reigned over 'Tail-light Alley'- the centre of Perth's brothel district.

In the course of her life, Madam Monnier would survive a shooting and incarceration in a concentration camp. She was just one of many colourful friends and competitors who lived and worked in the notorious precinct.

his social history explores the private world of the madams, brothel keepers and prostitutes who kept the secrets of the city even as they paraded in their petticoats on the verandas of the Rue de Roe. (back cover)