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Les Grandes Horizontales

Paperback • 2004 • English

Les Grandes Horizontales

By Virginia Rounding

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About the book

The lives and legends of four women are examined in this fascinating book, all representatives of the golden age of the French courtesan. In the reign of Emperor Napoleon III the opulent and pampered demi-monde became almost indistinguishable from the haut-monde, with mythical reputations growing up around its most glittering and favoured celebrities. Marie Duplessis became the prototype of the virtuous courtesan when Alexandre Dumas Fils portrayed her in La dame aux Camellas. Apollonie Sabatier...Show more

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ISBN

9780747568599

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published year

2004

Language

English

Original title

Les Grandes Horizontales

Format

Paperback

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