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The Courtesans - The Demi-Mondein 19th-Century France Author: Joanna Richardson presents her own version of la garde- 12 of the most distinguished courtesans in Paris during their golden age. — From the calculating Cora Pearl to the hideous la Paiva, who rose from the Moscow ghetto to indecent wealth and fame, and the admirable Madame Sabatier made famous by Baudelaire, to la Castiglione sent by Cavour to s... more »
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