"A rollicking narrative history of Jazz Age Monte Carlo, chronicling the city's rise from WWI's ashes to become one of the world's most storied, infamous playgrounds of the rich, only to be crushed under it's own weight ten years later"--Provided by publisher.

A renowned historian presents an entertaining and informative narrative history of the world's first modern casino resort, from its 19th-century emergence as a glamorous gambling destination to its reinvention after World War I to its Jazz Age heyday as an infamous playground of the rich.