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Author : Catherine Hewitt
Release : 2017-01-24
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 667/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Mistress of Paris by : Catherine Hewitt
Download or read book The Mistress of Paris written by Catherine Hewitt. This book was released on 2017-01-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in the United Kingdom by Icon Books Ltd"--Title page verso.
Author : Catherine Hewitt
Release : 2017-01-24
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 675/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Mistress of Paris by : Catherine Hewitt
Download or read book The Mistress of Paris written by Catherine Hewitt. This book was released on 2017-01-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catherine Hewitt's The Mistress of Paris is a fantastically readable biography of a nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan who harbored an incredible secret. “A gorgeous, smart, ambitious, hard-working, steely autodidact and businesswoman whose product was herself, Valtesse would be totally at home in our self-branding society.” —The New York Times Book Review Comtesse Valtesse de la Bigne was painted by Édouard Manet and inspired Émile Zola, who immortalized her in his scandalous novel Nana. Her rumored affairs with Napoleon III and the future King Edward VII kept gossip columns full. But her glamorous existence hid a dark secret: she was no comtesse. Valtesse was born into abject poverty, raised on a squalid backstreet among the dregs of Parisian society. Yet she transformed herself into an enchantress who possessed a small fortune, three mansions, fabulous carriages, and art the envy of connoisseurs across Europe. A consummate show-woman, she ensured that her life—and even her death—remained shrouded in just enough mystery to keep her audience hungry for more. Spectacularly evoking the sights and sounds of mid- to late nineteenth-century Paris in all its hedonistic glory, Catherine Hewitt’s biography tells, for the first time ever in English, the forgotten story of a remarkable woman who, though her roots were lowly, never stopped aiming high.
Author : Catherine Hewitt
Release : 2015-11-05
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 274/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Mistress of Paris by : Catherine Hewitt
Download or read book The Mistress of Paris written by Catherine Hewitt. This book was released on 2015-11-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valtesse de la Bigne was a celebrated nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan. She was painted by Manet and inspired Emile Zola, who immortalised her in his scandalous novel Nana. Her rumoured affairs with Napoleon III and the future Edward VII kept gossip columns full. But her glamourous existence hid a dark secret: she was no Comtesse. She was born into abject poverty, raised on a squalid Paris backstreet; the lowest of the low. Yet she transformed herself into an enchantress who possessed a small fortune, three mansions, fabulous carriages, and art the envy of connoisseurs across Europe. A consummate show-woman, she ensured that her life – and even her death – remained shrouded in just enough mystery to keep her audience hungry for more. Catherine Hewitt's biography tells, for the first time ever in English, the forgotten story of a remarkable woman who, though her roots were lowly, never stopped aiming high.
Author : Meg Waite Clayton
Release : 2021-11-30
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 001/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Postmistress of Paris by : Meg Waite Clayton
Download or read book The Postmistress of Paris written by Meg Waite Clayton. This book was released on 2021-11-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' PICK* A GMA BUZZ PICK * AN INDIE NEXT PICK* AN AMAZON BEST OF THE MONTH PICK, LITERATURE AND FICTION*A PEOPLE MAGAZINE PICK The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Train to London revisits the dark early days of the German occupation in France in this haunting novel—a love story and a tale of high-stakes danger and incomparable courage—about a young American heiress who helps artists hunted by the Nazis escape from war-torn Europe. Wealthy, beautiful Naneé was born with a spirit of adventure. For her, learning to fly is freedom. When German tanks roll across the border and into Paris, this woman with an adorable dog and a generous heart joins the resistance. Known as the Postmistress because she delivers information to those in hiding, Naneé uses her charms and skill to house the hunted and deliver them to safety. Photographer Edouard Moss has escaped Germany with his young daughter only to be interned in a French labor camp. His life collides with Nanée’s in this sweeping tale of romance and danger set in a world aflame with personal and political passion. Inspired by the real life Chicago heiress Mary Jayne Gold, who worked with American journalist Varian Fry to smuggle artists and intellectuals out of France, The Postmistress of Paris is the haunting story of an indomitable woman whose strength, bravery, and love is a beacon of hope in a time of terror.
Author : Catherine Delors
Release : 2008
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 547/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Mistress of the Revolution by : Catherine Delors
Download or read book Mistress of the Revolution written by Catherine Delors. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forced to marry an elderly baron instead of a man she loves, impoverished noblewoman Gabrielle de Montserrat is condemned to death at the height of the French Revolution and finds her life placed in the hands of her former lover.
