Feminist writer Griffin takes a provocative look at the pleasure-filled world of the West's first female power brokers, whose lively liaisons brought them unspoken influence, wealth, and freedom. 15 photos & line drawings.
Griffin traces the role and influence of coutesans in Western society from Mme. de Pompadour to Liane de Pougy to Sarah Bernhardt.
Griffin traces the role and influence of coutesans in Western society from Mme. de Pompadour to Liane de Pougy to Sarah Bernhardt.
Curiously, the main function of a royal mistress was not to provide the king with sex but with companionship. The successful royal mistress made herself irreplaceable. She was ready to converse gaily with him when she was tired, make love until all hours when she was ill, and ca…
A five-century history of royal courtesan life offers insight into the motivations and experiences of some of Europe's most famous and influential royal mistresses, including the Marquise de Pompadour, Madame du Barry, and Camilla Parker-Bowles.
A fictional account of the relationship between American statesman Thomas Jefferson and his slave, Sally Hemings.
The story of the love affair between Thomas Jefferson and his quadroon slave, that lasted thirty-eight years, until his death in 1826.
The story of the love affair between Thomas Jefferson and his quadroon slave, that lasted thirty-eight years, until his death in 1826.
In this groundbreaking biography, German historian Heike B. Görtemaker delves into the startlingly neglected historical truth about Adolf Hitler's mistress. More than just the vapid blonde of popular cliché, Eva Braun was a capricious but uncompromising, fiercely loyal companion…
In this groundbreaking biography, German historian Heike B. Görtemaker delves into the startlingly neglected historical truth about Adolf Hitler's mistress. More than just the vapid blonde of popular cliché, Eva Braun was a capricious but uncompromising, fiercely loyal companion…
The study of women in antiquity is a well-established area of research in the classics. In The Erotics of Domination, Ellen Greene re-examines long-held scholarly attitudes concerning the representation of male sexual desire and female subjection in the Latin love poetry of Catu…