The Book of the Courtesans : A Catalogue of Their Virtues (Paperback)

from ewalrath

This book is helpful to me when I'm having what one neighbor called "fat & ugly& days. I love to read of silk & satin & power. I also need the reminder of how many more choices I have than these women who sound so much like me.

from ewalrath

This book is helpful to me when I'm having what one neighbor called "fat & ugly& days. I love to read of silk & satin & power. I also need the reminder of how many more choices I have than these women who sound so much like me.

from dk_phoenix

I read this book out of an immense curiosity about what would make a woman choose to become a courtesan during the 18th and 19th centuries -- especially when she might, in many cases, become a governess instead. It turns out that many of these women didn't really have that choice, and instead wer...

from ewalrath

This book is helpful to me when I'm having what one neighbor called "fat & ugly& days. I love to read of silk & satin & power. I also need the reminder of how many more choices I have than these women who sound so much like me.

from ewalrath

This book is helpful to me when I'm having what one neighbor called "fat & ugly& days. I love to read of silk & satin & power. I also need the reminder of how many more choices I have than these women who sound so much like me.