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Courtesan : a novel / by Haeger, Diane.(CARDINAL)435579;
The Court of François I is full of lust, intrigue, and bawdy bon tempsā different world from the quiet country life Diane de Poitiers led with her elderly husband. Now a widow, the elegant Diane is called back to Court, where the King?s obvious interest marks her as an enemy to the King?s favourite, Anne d?Heilly. The Court is soon electrified by rumors of their confrontations. As Anne calls on her most venomous tricks to drive Diane away, Diane finds an ally in the one member of Court with no allegiance to the King?s mistress: his teenage second son, Henri. Neglected by his father and disliked by his brothers, Prince Henri expects little from his life. But as his friendship with Diane deepens into infatuation and then a romance that scandalizes the Court, the Prince begins to discover hope for a future with Diane. But fate and his father have other plans for Henriīncluding a political marriage with Catherine de Medici. Despite daunting obstacles, Henri?s devotion to Diane never wanes; their passion becomes one of the most legendary romances in the history of France.
Subjects: Fiction.; Henry II, King of France, 1519-1559; Poitiers, Diane de, Duchess of Valentinois, 1499-1566; Courtesans;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Courtesans : money, sex, and fame in the nineteenth century / by Hickman, Katie.(CARDINAL)681307;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Baddeley, Sophia, 1745?-1786.; Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842.; Pearl, Cora, 1837-1886.; Wilson, Harriette, 1786-1846.; Courtesans; Courtesans;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Courtesans : money, sex and fame in the nineteenth century / by Hickman, Katie.(CARDINAL)681307;
Subjects: Baddeley, Sophia, 1745?-1786.; Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842.; Wilson, Harriette, 1786-1846.; Courtesans; Courtesans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The courtesan / by Carroll, Susan,1952-(CARDINAL)647375;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The courtesan [large print] / by Curry, Alexandra.(CARDINAL)409816;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Large print books.; Fiction.; Courtesans; Self-realization in women; Orphans; Brothels; Brothels.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Courtesan princess; Catherine Grand, princesse de Talleyrand. by Joelson, Annette,1903-(CARDINAL)226707;
Bibliography: pages 269-271.
Subjects: Biographies.; Talleyrand-Périgord, Catherine Noël, princesse de Bénévent, 1762-1835.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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The Courtesan : a novel in six parts / by Curry, Alexandra.(CARDINAL)409816;
Autumn begins -- Art of the bedchamber -- Facing Madam Hong -- Palais Kinsky -- Hall of midsummer dreams -- The concubine's child.
Subjects: Fiction.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The courtesan : a novel / by Curry, Alexandra,author.(CARDINAL)409816;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-378).The year is 1881. Seven-year-old Jinhua is left an orphan, alone and unprotected after her mandarin father’s summary execution for the crime of speaking the truth. For seven silver coins, she is sold to a brothel-keeper and subjected to the worst of human nature. When an elegant but troubled scholar takes Jinhua as his concubine, she enters the close world of his jealous first wife. Yet it is Jinhua who accompanies him—as emissary to the foreign devil nations of Prussia, Austria-Hungary, and Russia—on an exotic journey to Vienna. As he struggles to play his part in China's early, blundering diplomatic engagement with the Western world, Jinhua’s eyes and heart are opened to the irresistible possibilities of a place that is mesmerizing and strange, where she will struggle against the constraints of tradition and her husband’s authority and seek to find “Great Love.” Sai Jinhua is an altered woman when she returns to a changed and changing China, where a dangerous clash of cultures pits East against West. As the Boxer Rebellion brews and finally breaks, Jinhua’s Western sympathies will threaten not only her own survival but the survival of those who are most dear to her.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Saijinhua, 1874-1936; Courtesans; Orphans;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The courtesan : a novel / by Curry, Alexandra,author.(CARDINAL)409816;
Includes bibliographical references.Autumn begins -- Art of the bedchamber -- Facing Madam Hong -- Palais Kinsky -- Hall of midsummer dreams -- The courtesan's child."The year is 1881. Seven-year-old Jinhua is left an orphan, alone and unprotected after her mandarin father's summary execution for the crime of speaking the truth. For seven silver coins, she is sold to a brothel-keeper and subjected to the worst of human nature. Will the private ritual that is her father's legacy and the wise friendship of the crippled brothel maid be enough to sustain her? When an elegant but troubled scholar takes Jinhua as his concubine, she enters the close world of his jealous first wife. Yet it is Jinhua who accompanies him--as Emissary to the foreign devil nations of Prussia, Austro-Hungary, and Russia--on an exotic journey to Vienna"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Brothels; Courtesans; Orphans; Self-realization in women; Brothels.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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The courtesans : the demi-monde in 19th century France / by Richardson, Joanna.(CARDINAL)139619;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-169) and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Prostitution; Courtesans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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