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Courtesan and Countess : The Lost and Found Memoirs of the French Consul's Wife.

Verhoeven, Jana.

Courtesan and Countess : The Lost and Found Memoirs of the French Consul's Wife. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (208 pages)

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Editorial Remarks -- Foreword -- Part 1: The Two Names -- 1 Three Hostile Encounters -- 2 Return to the Theatre -- 3 Staging The Gold Robbers -- 4 A New Home in the Country -- 5 An Arrangement with Desmarest -- 6 A New Protector -- 7 The Sisters of France in the War -- 8 The Horrors of the Siege -- 9 Capitulation and Civil War -- 10 Sheltering War Orphans -- 11 Return to Le Vésinet -- 12 Shadows from the Past -- Part 2: Little Diary of the End of my Life -- 13 Taking Refuge in Asnières -- 14 A Career Summed up from a Hospital Bed -- 15 Final Days -- Postscript -- Timeline -- Bibliography -- Index.

9780522868852


Chabrillan, Céleste Vénard de,-comtesse,-1824-1909.
Women authors, French-19th century-Biography.
France-Social life and customs-19th century.
Victoria-Social life and customs-19th century.


Electronic books.

PQ2204.C7672 .C687 2015

843.8

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