Showing Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century by Katie Hickman
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During the course of the nineteenth century, a small group of women rose from impoverished obscurity to positions of great power, independence, and wealth. In doing so they took control of their lives -- and those of other people -- and made the world do their will.
Important places
- Bois de Boulogne (3)
- Covent Garden (38)
- Hyde Park (12)
- Mayfair (15)
- Westminster Abbey (45)
- Athens (368)
- Bath (199)
- Biarritz (17)
- Brighton (157)
- Chertsey (2)
- London (7,096)
- New York (7,400)
- Pauillac (5)
- Venice (842)
Counties
- New York (8,072)
Regions
- Bath and North East Somerset (205)
- Camden (291)
- Brighton and Hove (169)
- Venezia (843)
- Surrey (137)
- Paris (3,057)
- Gironde (81)
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques (31)
- New York (9,763)
- Westminster (148)
- Attiki (392)
Countries
- France (7,260)
- United Kingdom (21,421)
- Italy (5,202)
- Greece (1,635)
- United States (64,950)
Other geographical areas
- Basque Country (79)
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine (223)
- Veneto (954)
- Appalachian Mountains (1,111)
- Balkans (2,385)
- South East (2,496)
- South West (2,602)
- Ile-de-France (3,166)
- New England (5,830)
- Southern Europe (7,123)
- Greater London (7,856)
- North Atlantic Ocean (8,812)