Many women have accomplished exceptional achievements. Yet History with a capital H often remains a men’s-only club. Only 5% of the people cited in history books are women, when in fact many women have had remarkable destinies. The goal of the Women of the World collection is to help introduce readers to women who have made a mark on their times, be it in the world of fashion, politics, the arts, literature, or elsewhere. Each in her own domain, the women whom these books will be devoted to are remarkable, uncommon figures. Their life stories are told here. From Empress Sissi to Sautet’s heroines, by turns discreet and provocative, free and subjugated… hiding behind her luminous smile, Romy Schneider incarnated a fragility that, even today, still has the power to move us. This balanced biography shows her fragile side, raising the possibility that even at age 43, one can still die of a wound received in childhood.