Stella: Unrepentant Madam

A wealthy madam who was known from San Francisco to Victoria in the early part of the 20th century, Stella Carroll was glamorous, worldly and determined to succeed. Her bordellos were fashionably decorated and patronized by the affluent and the powerful; she offered the best of everything—fine food and wine, cigars, entertainment and, of course, girls.

The author, with the cooperation of Stella’s family in California and New Mexico, has provided an intimate portrait of this infamous, un…