Queen of Mean, The

by Piers Randsdell

Traces the life of the controversial real estate developer, discusses the events that led to her indictment for tax fraud, and describes her cold and arrogant personality

Genres: Biography

398 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 1989

Reviews

[Rhode PVD]

Read when it first came out largely because there were no other books I could find about women business leaders outside of cosmetics and fashion (and even there, the pickings were scant.) I wonder how in today's world, with a feminist woman author, how this book would be different. Certainly, Helmsley seems to be similar in many ways to Jeff Bezos, yet would you expect a TV movie and bio about him focusing on solely his 'meanness'?

[Mrs.Lady]

I read this book years ago. It is the unauthorized biography of Leona Helmsley who was such a bitch perfectionist. She was head of quality control of her husband's hotel chain and was famous for terrorizing her employees. She eventually had to pay her dues. She deserved what she got.....