The Hottentot Venus: The Life and Death of Saartjie Baartman: Born 1789 - Buried 2002 by Rachel Holmes

The Hottentot Venus: The Life and Death of Saartjie Baartman: Born 1789 - Buried 2002

Rachel Holmes

239 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history dark informative sad slow-paced
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The author of 'Scanty Particulars' provides the first full biography of an African woman whose allure was the talk of regency London and Paris.

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