My Claus von Bulow Affaire

About the Book

Andréa Reynolds was Claus von Bulow’s mistress from 1982 to 1987, and she helped him successfully appeal his conviction of attempted murder, for which he had been sentenced to thirty-two years in prison.

Von Bulow was convicted in 1982 of two counts of attempted murder of his wife, the immensely wealthy heiress Martha “Sunny” von Bulow. His wife was rich, beautiful, and American—and the case stirred up a firestorm of coverage in the tabloids and mainstream press.

But Reynolds, an aristocratic married to the famous television producer Sheldon Reynolds, believed in his innocence. She defied her husband by corresponding with the convict before slipping into a passionate love affair—risking everything for von Bulow.

My Claus von Bulow Affaire offers an insider’s account of a controversial case that spawned two bestsellers and was made into an Oscar-winning film starring Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close. What’s more, it provides a portrait of a largely vanished world, vividly depicting how rich and titled people on both sides of the Atlantic talked and thought, what they ate, how they dressed and made love, argued, and handled money.

About the Author

Andréa Reynolds was born in 1937 in Budapest into Hungarian aristocracy. She graduated from Geneva University in 1953 after studying psychology with Jean Piaget. She has worked at the United Nations as a translator and has been the administrator of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Literary Estate since 1980. She has also traveled the world, interviewing high-profile leaders such as Saddam Hussein and His Royal Highness Alexander of Yugoslavia for media outlets.