Grandes Horizontales : The Lives and Legends of Four Nineteenth-Century Courtesans

The lives and legends of four women are examined in this fascinating book, all representatives of the golden age of the French courtesan : Marie Duplessis became the prototype of the virtuous courtesan when Alexandre Dumas Fils portrayed her in La dame aux Camelias. Apollonie Sabatier put men of letters at ease amidst the bawdy talk of her salon...