The Mistress of Paris by Catherine Hewitt

The Mistress of Paris

Catherine Hewitt

320 pages hardcover 2015

10 editions

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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Comtesse Valtesse de la Bigne was a celebrated nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan. She was painted by Manet and inspired Emile Zola, who immortalized her in his scandalous novel Nana. Her rumored affairs with Napoleon III and the future Edward ...

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