Peacock. Dancer—. Moran. Sarkar. Another dancer caught the eye of a famous Sikh warrior called Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Born in 1780 in Gujranwala and battle-hardened since the age often, Ranjit Singh met a dancing girl called Moran at ...
From the hetaerae of ancient Greece to the cortigiani onesti of 16th century Venice, the oiran of Edo-period Japan to the demimondaines of 19th century France, this captivating book--perfect for readers of A Treasury of Royal Scandals- ...
She was a madam in a brothel, then a gangster’s moll.
At first, it seems like a routine homicide when a young prostitute is found murdered on New York's Lower East Side.
From the hetaerae of ancient Greece to the cortigiani onesti of 16th century Venice, the oiran of Edo-period Japan to the demimondaines of 19th century France, this captivating book--perfect for readers of A Treasury of Royal Scandals- ...