Catherine Hewitt

Broschiertes Buch

The Mistress of Paris

The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret

Beschreibung

A fantastically readable biography of a 19th-century Parisian courtesan who harbours an incredible secret

Autor

Catherine Hewitt studied French Literature and Art History at Royal Holloway, University of London and the Courtauld Institute of Art. Her proposal for The Mistress of Paris was awarded the runner-up's prize in the 2012 Biographers' Club Tony Lothian Competition for the best proposal by an uncommissioned, first-time biographer. She lives in a village in Surrey.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Icon Books
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 128mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9781785780448
• ISBN-10: 1785780441
• Artikelnr.: 44016059

Rezensionen

'Through incisive enquiry and astute observation, Catherine Hewitt traces the courtesan's flight from squalor to splendour, her prose sparkling in the light of her luminous subject.' The Biographer's Club prize