The Mistress of Paris: The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret by Catherine Hewitt

The Mistress of Paris: The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret

Catherine Hewitt

368 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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Comtesse Valtesse de la Bigne was a celebrated nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan. She was painted by Manet and inspired Emile Zola, who immortalized her in his scandalous novel Nana. Her rumored affairs with Napoleon III and the future Edward ...

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