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Hickman Katie - Courtesans - Paperback
Hickman Katie - Courtesans - Paperback
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Description: Irresistible history at its most human. Elegant and addictively readable. William Dalrymple During the course of the 18th - and 19th - century a small group of women rose from impoverished obscurity to positions of great power independence and wealth. In doing so they took control of their lives and those of other people and made the world do their will. Men ruined themselves in desperate attempts to gain and retain a courtesan's favours but she was always courted for far more than sex. In an age in which women were generally not well educated she was often unusually literate and literary courted for her conversation as well as her physical company. Courtesans were extremely accomplished and exerted a powerful influence as leaders of fashion and society. They were not received at Court but inhabited their own parallel world the demi - monde complete with its own hierarchies etiquette and protocol. They were queens of fashion linguists musicians accomplished at political intrigue and of course possessors of great erotic gifts. Even to be seen in public with one of the great courtesans was a much - envied achievement. In Courtesans Katie Hickman author of the bestselling Daughters of Britannia focuses on the exceptional stories of five outstanding women. Sophia Baddeley Elizabeth Armistead Harriette Wilson Cora Pearl and Catherine Walters may have had very different personalities and talents but their lives exemplify the dazzling existence of the courtesan.
Title: Courtesans
Author(s): Hickman Katie
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Barcode: 9780007113927
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 4/5/2004
Category: Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900
Description: Irresistible history at its most human. Elegant and addictively readable. William Dalrymple During the course of the 18th - and 19th - century a small group of women rose from impoverished obscurity to positions of great power independence and wealth. In doing so they took control of their lives and those of other people and made the world do their will. Men ruined themselves in desperate attempts to gain and retain a courtesan's favours but she was always courted for far more than sex. In an age in which women were generally not well educated she was often unusually literate and literary courted for her conversation as well as her physical company. Courtesans were extremely accomplished and exerted a powerful influence as leaders of fashion and society. They were not received at Court but inhabited their own parallel world the demi - monde complete with its own hierarchies etiquette and protocol. They were queens of fashion linguists musicians accomplished at political intrigue and of course possessors of great erotic gifts. Even to be seen in public with one of the great courtesans was a much - envied achievement. In Courtesans Katie Hickman author of the bestselling Daughters of Britannia focuses on the exceptional stories of five outstanding women. Sophia Baddeley Elizabeth Armistead Harriette Wilson Cora Pearl and Catherine Walters may have had very different personalities and talents but their lives exemplify the dazzling existence of the courtesan.
Title: Courtesans
Author(s): Hickman Katie
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Barcode: 9780007113927
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 4/5/2004
Category: Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900