The Book of the Courtesans.
Griffin, Susan.
Place Published: New York:
Publisher: Broadway Books,
Date Published: 2001.
Description: STATED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 269 pages including Glossary and Bibliography plus 16 pages of black and white photos. The condition of the book and jacket is FINE. JMVINTAGE specializes in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor....and other curious people...and famous courtesans. This Dust Jacket Reads: While they charmed some of Europe's most illustrious men, honing their social skills as well as their sexual ones, the great courtesans gained riches, power, education, and sexual feedom in a time when other women were denied all of these. From Imperial of fifteenth-century Rome, who personified the Renaissance ideal of beauty Mme. de Pompadour, the arbiter of all things fashionable in eighteenth-century Paris and Versailles; Liane de Pougy, known in France during the Belle epoque as "Our National Courtesan"; to Sarah Bernhardt, who following in her mother's footsteps, supported herself in her early career with a second profession,"The Book of the courtesans" tells the life stories and intricacies of the lavish lifestyles of these women. Unlike their geisha counterparts, courtesans neither lived in brothels nor bent their wills to suit their suitors. They were stongwilled, autonomous,and plucky.
Edition: First editionBinding: Hard Cover
Condition: Fine in Fine dj
ISBN: 0767904508
Book Id: 1196
Price: $24.50
