Empress of Pleasure: The Life and Adventures of Teresa Cornelys - Queen of Masquerades and Casanova's Lover by Judith Summers
Empress of Pleasure: The Life and Adventures of Teresa Cornelys - Queen of Masquerades and Casanova's Lover
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Judith Summers
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Empress of Pleasure: The Life and Adventures of Teresa Cornelys - Queen of Masquerades and Casanova's Lover

Judith Summers

368 pages • first pub 2003 (view editions)

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Outrageous, ingenious and indomitable, Teresa Cornelys was a unique figure in 18th century Europe whose private life and professional dealings scandalized society. A Venetian opera singer and adventuress, she arrived in England in 1759, leaving a ...

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