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The Mistress of Paris: The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret
Author
Catherine Hewitt
Content
358 + [8 photo] pp., ill., bibl., index
Publication date
2015
Publisher
London: Icon Books
Main subject
Autobiography and Biography
History
ISBN
9781848319264 (cloth); 9781785780448 (pap.); 9781848319271 (ebook)
Citation
Hewitt, Catherine.
The Mistress of Paris: The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret.
London: Icon Books, 2015. Sylvia. Accessed January 20, 2026. https://sylvia.library.wisc.edu/catalog/SYL4682.
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01-16-2026
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