Description
When Madam Esmeralda Margarita Magruder disappeared in 1960, aged 142, her beauty remained that of a twenty-year-old.
Ace Mulligan, investigative reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle, interviewed Esmeralda on his first assignment in 1920. Eager to know more, he discovered news stories about her. Some were ancient, others current.
A woman of violence, death, and romance, she lived a varied and colorful life. During her globetrotting, she befriended many famous people, including Mark Twain, Thomas Edison, Ernest Hemingway, and the Dalai Lama.
The time span, datelines, were unbelievable. The mystery of this woman became an unsolvable obsession. After years of searching, Ace thought this elusive woman lost forever. But, with Ace an octogenarian on assignment in India, Esmeralda re-entered his life.
Embark on a whirlwind journey through history, with famous names and world-changing events, all as part of the endless pursuit of her identity by the eighty-eight-year-old reporter, Ace Mulligan.
