Empress of pleasure : the life and adventures of Teresa Cornelys
Summers, Judith2004
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Outrageous, ingenious and indomitable, Mrs Cornelys enjoyed immense wealth and success during her lifetime. She came to London in 1759 aged 36, a Venetian-born opera singer and mother of Casanova's child. Imprisoned for bankruptcy, she bounced back, eventually dying of cancer in 1797.
Main title:
Empress of pleasure : the life and adventures of Teresa Cornelys / Judith Summers.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2004.
Collation:
xxi, 338 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Viking, 2003.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141008707 (pbk)
Dewey class:
942.081092920
Local class:
BIO CORN
Language:
English
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BRN:
228078