The Girl Who Loved Camellias: The Life and Legend of Marie Duplessis by Julie Kavanagh

The Girl Who Loved Camellias: The Life and Legend of Marie Duplessis

Julie Kavanagh

288 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
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This riveting biography brilliantly explores the short, intense, and passionate life of the country girl from Normandy, who at thirteen fled her brute of a father to go to Paris. Almost overnight she became one of the most admired courtesans of th...

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