Catherine Hewitt

The Mistress of Paris

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

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Produktbeschreibung

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

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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

Autorenporträt

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.

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