Courtesan and countess : the lost and found memoirs of the French consul's wife / translated and ann...
Courtesan and countess : the lost and found memoirs of the French consul's wife / translated and ann...
Courtesan and countess : the lost and found memoirs of the French consul's wife / translated and annotated by Jana Verhoeven, Alan Willey and Jeanne Allen ; introduction by Jana Verhoeven.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Carlton, Victoria Melbourne University Press, 2015.
Call Numbers
H 2016/2691
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
French
(Language of original)Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 280 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Carlton, Victoria Melbourne University Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2015.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
Celeste de Chabrillan, former courtesan and widow of the first French Consul to Melbourne, became the most prolific female stage writer in nineteenth-century France. Forever haunted by her scandalous past, Celeste fought to hold her place in an artistic world dominated by men. Courtesan and Countess tells the story not only of her struggle as a cre...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Courtesan and countess : the lost and found memoirs of the French consul's wife / translated and annotated by Jana Verhoeven, Alan Willey and Jeanne Allen ; introduction by Jana Verhoeven.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
MUP academic monograph series
Text in English; unpublished memoirs originally written in French.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-272) and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2015
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
H 2016/2691
Record Identifier
74VKVPy7rqQy
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVPy7rqQy
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780522868852
9780522868845 :
9780522868838 :
DDC
843.8
MMS ID
991023996302202626
