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

Grandes Horizontales

The Lives and Legends of Four Nineteenth-Century Courtesans

2003 • 352 pages

Marie Duplessis, 'La Paiva' and Apollonie Sabatier were all representatives of the golden age of the French courtesan during the reign of Emperor Napoleon III. This study offers a portrayal of the lives of the great 19th-century courtesans and separates the myth from the reality.

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