Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century

Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century
ISBN-10
0060935146
ISBN-13
9780060935146
Category
History
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
2004-11-02
Publisher
Harper Collins
Author
Katie Hickman

Description

An examination of the lives of nineteenth-century Britain's demimonde offers insight into the hierarchies, etiquette, and protocols of the period's courtesans, focusing on five women of particular influence as well as the factors that contributed to their social successes and decline. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

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