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Courtesan and Countess: The Lost and Found Memoirs of the French Consul’s Wife
Courtesan and Countess: The Lost and Found Memoirs of the French Consul’s Wife
Courtesan and Countess: The Lost and Found Memoirs of the French Consul’s Wife
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Céleste de Chabrillan, former courtesan and widow of the first French Consul to Melbourne, became the most prolific female stage writer in nineteenth-century France. Forever haunted by her scandalous past, Céleste fought to hold her place in an artistic world dominated by men.

Courtesan and Countess tells the story not only of her struggle as a creative artist to survive and earn a living, but also of her fascinating life at the centre of the bohemian circles of Paris, surrounded by friends such as Alexandre Dumas père, Georges Bizet and Prince Napoléon. Courtesan and Countess paints a portrait of a remarkable woman and of the turbulent world of Paris during the Belle Epoque.

Lost for more than eighty years until discovered by the authors in the attic of a French country manor, these are the unpublished and final set of memoirs from Céleste de Chabrillan.
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Release dateDec 1, 2015
ISBN9780522868852
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