Scarlet Women: The Scandalous Lives of Courtesans, Concubines, and Royal Mistresses by Ian Graham

Scarlet Women: The Scandalous Lives of Courtesans, Concubines, and Royal Mistresses

Ian Graham

294 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism history informative inspiring slow-paced
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In 1965, an impoverished elderly woman was found dead in Nice, France. Her death marked the end of an era; she was the last of the great courtesans. Known as La Belle Otero, she was a volcanic Spanish beauty whose patrons included Kaiser Wilhelm I...

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