 | Encyclopedia of Mistresses by Dawn B. Sova
Buy used from: $4.98 This is a great all in one book of some of historys most famous misunderstood and maligned women!
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 | Storyville, New Orleans: Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red Light District by Al Rose
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $9.95 The story of prostitutions most notorious red light district!
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 | Memoirs of a Courtesan in Nineteenth-Century Paris (European Women Writers) by Celeste Mogador
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $10.81 A wonderful account of a woman who tries to make the best of what life has given her, and finds love in the end!
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 | Grandes Horizontales : The Lives and Legends of Four Nineteenth-Century Courtesans by Virginia Rounding
Buy used from: $2.12 Great book with bio's on four 19th century french courtesans: Marie Duplessis, La Pavia, Apollonie Sabatier and Cora Pearl.
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 | The royal whore: Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine by Allen Andrews
Buy used from: $40.49 Charles II's most infamous mistress. Fascinating woman!
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 | Nell Gwyn by Derek Parker
Buy used from: $1.00 King Charles II's most famous mistress!
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 | Camille: The Lady of the Camellias (Signet Classic) by Alexandre Dumas
Buy used from: $0.01 Bittersweet novel based on the life and legend of a real parisian courtesan(Marie Duplessis) who also died young of consumption!
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 | The Wilder Shores of Love: The Exotic True-Life Stories of Isabel Burton, Aimee Dubucq de Rivery, Jane Digby, and Isabelle Eberhardt by Lesley Blanch
Buy new: $14.00 / Used from: $13.34 Beautiful book about the mystery that is woman.
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 | Madame De Pompadour: Mistress of France by Christine Pevitt
Buy used from: $0.30 One of history's most famous and influencial courtesans!
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| Madame Du Barry: The Wages of Beauty by Joan Haslip
Buy used from: $1.99 The last mistress of Louis XV.
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 | The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 Mesmerizing tale of a prostitute named Sugar, who becomes the mistress to a troubled, rich perfumer in Victorian London. If they ever make this a movie, Cate Blanchett would be perfect in it!
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 | Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century by Katie Hickman
Buy used from: $0.01 Good book, though not as enjoyable as Grandes Horizontales. Looks a five english courtesans in the 19th century: Sophia Baddeley, Elizabeth Armistead, Harriette Wilson, Cora Pearl and Catherine Waters
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 | Lola Montez: A Life by Professor Bruce Seymour
Buy new: $40.50 / Used from: $6.15 Sweeping tale of a famous nineteenth century courtesan!
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 | City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London (Women in Culture and Society Series) by Judith R. Walkowitz
Buy new: $15.12 / Used from: $12.82 Wonderful book on how prostitution affected Victorian London society
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 | Athenais: The Life of Louis XIV Mistress-the Real Queen of France by Lisa Hilton
Buy used from: $0.59 Tells the tale of Louis XIV powerful mistress (who was also a baby making machine!)
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 | Soiled Doves: Prostitution in the Early West (Women of the West) by Anne Seagraves
Buy new: $9.32 / Used from: $0.45 Moving book about the lives of prostitutes in the Old West!
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 | Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush: Secret History of the Far North by Lael Morgan
Buy new: $15.34 / Used from: $0.91 In this cold, dreary bit of land, these girls brought joy and brightness into many a miners life (and bed!) Some even became wives and respected members of the camps!
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 | Daughters of Joy, Sisters of Misery: Prostitutes in the American West, 1865-90 by Anne M. Butler
Buy new: $21.37 / Used from: $6.00 An eye opening look at prostitution in the late nineteenth century!
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 | The Book of the Courtesans: A Catalogue of Their Virtues by Susan Griffin
Buy used from: $0.01 Fun, easy to read book about the lives of some famous courtesans!
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 | Madeleine: An Autobiography by Marcia Carlisle
Buy new: $15.95 / Used from: $0.01 Moving journey through the life of a prostitute, turned madame, turned social reformer!
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 | The Underworld Sewer: A Prostitute Reflects on Life in the Trade, 1871-1909 by Josie Washburn
Buy new: $23.00 / Used from: $6.60 A glimpse into a prostitutes life and profession!
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 | The Honest Courtesan: Veronica Franco, Citizen and Writer in Sixteenth-Century Venice (Women in Culture and Society Series) by Margaret F. Rosenthal
Buy new: $20.93 / Used from: $7.85 One of the most famous courtesan and writer to come out of the Renaissance!
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 | Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $7.65 One of my all time favorite novels. Amber St. Clair goes from simple country lass to romping in the bed of King Charles II.
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 | Risqué Beauty: Beauty Secrets of History's Most Notorious Courtesans by Daniela Turudich
Learn the beauty secrets of some famous courtesans!
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| Emma: Lady Hamilton by Flora Fraser
Buy used from: $0.96 She rose above poverty to become the Ambassador to Naple's wife. But it was her forbidden love for Captian Horatio Nelson that made her a legend!
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