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The lives of four of the saucier women in 19th-century France: Marie Duplessis, Cora pearl, La Païva, and La Présidente--all of whom accumulated wealth and reached high levels in society by selling their favors to politicians, generals, men about town, and the writers Feydeau and Flaubert.
| Size | | Length: | 352 pages | | Height: | 10.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 25.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
"a scholarly but generally readable tour....Well-researched, intelligent, and compassionate, but suffers unnecessarily from the absence of illustrations...."
Kirkus Reviews (05/02/2003)
"Rounding presents a seductive vision...."
New Yorker (08/11/2003)
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