The mistress of Paris : the 19th-century courtesan who built an empire on a secret
Hewitt, Catherine2016
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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. Catherine Hewitt's biography tells the forgotten story of a remarkable woman who, though her roots were lowly, never stopped aiming high.
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London : Icon, 2016.
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358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
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Originally published: 2015.Includes bibliographical references and index.
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9781785780448 (pbk)
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B LABLABB/LAB
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English
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2269089
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