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

Catherine Hewitt

missing duration info Add in missing duration information • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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Comtesse Valtesse de la Bigne was painted by Edouard Manet and inspired Emile Zola, who immortalized her in his scandalous novel Nana. Her rumored affairs with Napoleon III and the future King Edward VII kept gossip columns full.But her glamorous ...

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