(HEWITT) Catherine Hewitt ~ The Mistress of Paris: Uncorrected, Manuscript Proof
(HEWITT) Catherine Hewitt ~ The Mistress of Paris: Uncorrected, Manuscript Proof
Weight ~ 0.5991 Kg
(HEWITT) Catherine Hewitt ~ The Mistress of Paris: Uncorrected, Manuscript Proof
Author ~ Catherine Hewitt
Title ~ The Mistress of Paris
Edition ~ Uncorrected, Manuscript Proof
ISBN ~ 9781848319264
Publisher ~ Icon Books
Published ~ 2015-11-05
Language ~ English
Pages ~ 362
Format ~ Paperback
Condition ~ Used, Like New
Uncorrected Proof Copy. Very little shelf wear. No creases to spine
Categories ~ #Biography #Historical #Political #Military #EuropeanHistory #History #NonFiction #UncorrectedManuscriptProof #CatherineHewitt #9781848319264
Valtesse de la Bigne was a celebrated nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan. She was painted by Manet and inspired Emile Zola, who immortalised her in his scandalous novel Nana. Her rumoured affairs with Napoleon III and the future Edward VII kept gossip columns full.
But her glamourous existence hid a dark secret: she was no Comtesse. She was born into abject poverty, raised on a squalid Paris backstreet; the lowest of the low. Yet she transformed herself into an enchantress who possessed a small fortune, three mansions, fabulous carriages, and art the envy of connoisseurs across Europe. A consummate show-woman, she ensured that her life – and even her death – remained shrouded in just enough mystery to keep her audience hungry for more.
Catherine Hewitt’s biography tells, for the first time ever in English, the forgotten story of a remarkable woman who, though her roots were lowly, never stopped aiming high.
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