Description:In nineteenth-century Paris, the pampered demimonde became almost indistinguishable from the haut monde, with mythical reputations growing up around its most alluring and favored celebrities. Grandes Horizantales examines the lives of four of the era's best-known courtesans-Marie Duplessis, La Présidente, La Païva, and Cora Pearl-and the men who were their lovers, providing a provocative look into the parlors and boudoirs of the women whose lives became legends.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Grandes Horizontales: The Lives and Legends of Four Nineteenth-Century Courtesans. To get started finding Grandes Horizontales: The Lives and Legends of Four Nineteenth-Century Courtesans, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
352
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Release
2004
ISBN
1582344507
Grandes Horizontales: The Lives and Legends of Four Nineteenth-Century Courtesans
Description: In nineteenth-century Paris, the pampered demimonde became almost indistinguishable from the haut monde, with mythical reputations growing up around its most alluring and favored celebrities. Grandes Horizantales examines the lives of four of the era's best-known courtesans-Marie Duplessis, La Présidente, La Païva, and Cora Pearl-and the men who were their lovers, providing a provocative look into the parlors and boudoirs of the women whose lives became legends.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Grandes Horizontales: The Lives and Legends of Four Nineteenth-Century Courtesans. To get started finding Grandes Horizontales: The Lives and Legends of Four Nineteenth-Century Courtesans, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.