search for books and compare prices
courtesans history matches 3 work(s)
displaying 1 to 3 | at end
show results in order: alphabetically | oldest to newest | newest to oldest
Cover for 9781250062635 Cover for 9780520254435 Cover for 9780520254442 Cover for 9780767904506 Cover for 9780330488075 Cover for 9780767904513 Cover for 9780767910828
cover image for 9781250062635

Hardcover:

9781250062635, titled "Scarlet Women: The Scandalous Lives of Courtesans, Concubines, and Royal Mistresses" | Thomas Dunne Books, January 26, 2016, cover price $26.99

cover image for 9780520254442
By Anne Walthall (editor)

Hardcover:

9780520254435 | 1 edition (Univ of California Pr, June 23, 2008), cover price $85.00

Paperback:

9780520254442 | 1 edition (Univ of California Pr, June 23, 2008), cover price $34.95

cover image for 9780330488075
This volume illustrates the intricacies of the great courtesans' lavish lifestyles and their incredible life stories. It further reveals how these cunning women seized the opportunity to become the West's first female liberators, free to choose their own lovers and command remarkable respect.

Hardcover:

9780767904506 | Broadway Books, September 1, 2001, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A provocative study of the life and times of the West's first female power brokers explains how courtesans used their liaisons with some of the world's most powerful and celebrated men to give themselves an extraordinary influence, wealth, and freedom in a male-dominated world and offers profiles of these remarkable women, including Veronica Franco, Madame de Pompadour, and Marion Davies.

Paperback:

9780330488075, titled "Book of the Courtesans: A Catalogue of Their Virtues" | New edition (Pan Macmillan, March 7, 2003), cover price $14.10 | About this edition: This volume illustrates the intricacies of the great courtesans' lavish lifestyles and their incredible life stories.
9780767904513 | Reprint edition (Broadway Books, September 1, 2002), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A provocative study of the life and times of the West's first female power brokers explains how courtesans used their liaisons with some of the world's most powerful and celebrated men to give themselves an extraordinary influence, wealth, and freedom in a male-dominated world and offers profiles of these remarkable women, including Veronica Franco, Madame de Pompadour, and Marion Davies.

Miscellaneous:

9780767910828 | Broadway Books, February 6, 2002, cover price $15.95

displaying 1 to 3 | at end