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A review by staceylynn42
Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century by Katie Hickman
4.0
Entertaining history focusing on 4 specific women - Sophia Baddeley, Elizabeth Armistead, Harriette Wilson, Cora Pearl and Catherine Walters - over a 130 year period.
A well told, rather gossipy memoir, full of details from primary sources. It does ramble a bit here & there and goes off on the occasional tangent about other courtesans. No great in depth detail here but plenty of information about the women & their times.
A well told, rather gossipy memoir, full of details from primary sources. It does ramble a bit here & there and goes off on the occasional tangent about other courtesans. No great in depth detail here but plenty of information about the women & their times.