by Roland Perry
Dumas, Alexandre, (Junior fils), La Dame aux Camélias, 4th edition, Michel Lévy, Paris, 1852.
Girardin, Mme Émile de, Le Vicomte de Launay, Lettres Parisennes, Michel Lévy, Paris, 1852.
Haldene, Charlotte, Daughter of Paris, Hutchinson, London, 1961.
Holt, Edgar, Plon-Plon: The Life of Prince Napoleon, Michael Joseph, London, 1973.
Leclerq, Pierre-Robert, Céleste Mogador, Une Reine de Paris, Biographie, Hutchinson, London, 1961.
Montez, Lola, Lectures of Lola, CC Bart (editor/writer), Woodfall & Kinder, London, 1858.
Moser, Françoise, Life and Adventures of Céleste Mogador (Vie et Aventures de Céleste Mogador), Albin Michel, Paris, 1935.
Perry, Roland, The Queen, Her Lover and the Most Notorious Spy in History, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2014.
Richardson, Joanna, The Courtesans, Castle Books, New Jersey, 2004.
Seymour, Bruce, Lola Mentez, A Life, Yale University Press, London, 1996.
Wild, Nicole, ‘Théâtre Beaumarchais’ in Dictionnaire de la Musique en France au XIX Siècle, Fayard, Paris, 2003.
ZED, La Société Parisienne, Librairie Illustree, Paris, 1888.
1848 Revolution 141–5, 154–5, 159
The 1852 Revue 213
Index
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Note: C = Céleste.
An ‘n’ after a page number indicates an endnote.
A
Adele (maid) 172
Aden 301
Adet, Édouard 303
Adieux au Monde: Mémoires de Céleste Mogador 200–1, 204–5, 219, 239, 248–9, 261, 280, 284–7, 309
Adolphe (C’s boyfriend) 59–60, 62–3, 65–7, 74–5, 78
The Age 304
Aimata 368n
Alain (C’s father) 15
Alain, M. (proxy manager) 318–20, 322
Albert, Prince 30
Alex (Denise Onze’s boyfriend) 50, 60
Alsace 347, 351
L’Alternative du Paradis (brothel) 40, 44–8
Ambition Fatale 350
L’Ami des Femmes 320
The Argus 271
aristocrats 90, 113
Aumont, Louisa 66–7, 72–5
Australasian (ship) 302
Avenue de Saint-Cloud 212
B
Bakery Hill, Victoria 258
Bal Mabille 69–71, 75–6
Ballarat 253–5, 257–60, 269–70
Ballarat Reform League 258–9
Ballarat Times 269
Baroche, Ernest 250, 261–2, 370n
Bastille Day Ball 267
Batavia (ship) 335
Bathurst 208–9
Beaujon Hospice 168
Belgium 326
Bell, Sally 269–70
Belleville Theatre 372n
Bellevue Theatre 326
Bellinger, Augustine 319
Bell’s Life in Sydney 265
Benard, Michelle 24, 29, 35
Bentley, James 257–8
Béranger, Pierre-Jean 212
Berry
during 1848 Revolution 145
C convalesces in 294
C stays at convent in 309
C’s sense of isolation at 246
Dumas on 298
as home of de Chabrillan family 368n
Lionel helps stonemason from 244
Lionel organises house in Poinçonnet for C 188, 204, 211–12
Lionel’s country estate in 128, 135, 175
Bertrand, Jacques 217
Bettini, M. (opera singer) 91–3, 96–8, 104
biography 335
Bismarck, Otto von see von Bismarck, Otto
Bizet, Georges 3, 329–30, 349–50, 352, 372n
Bonaparte, Josephine 64
Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon see Napoleon III
Bonheur aux Vaincus 319
Bordeaux 221, 308
Boulevard du Crime, Paris 14
Boulevard Poissonnière 173
Bourdilliat, M. (publisher) 204, 219–20, 309
Bourges 212
Bresival (gambler) 150
Brididi (dancer) 71–4, 112
brothels 42
C
Café Anglais 1, 78, 112–14, 206
Café-Concert du XIXé 332
Café de France 142
Café Estaminet, Melbourne 263–4
Calmann-Lévy 354, 356, 358–9, 365
cancan 76
Cape of Good Hope 236
Cape Town 238
Carmen 349, 352
Caroline (maid) 167–71
Cavaignac, General Louis 155
Chalet des Fleurs 355–6
Chalet Lionel 328, 345
Chartists 145, 258
Châteauroux 135, 295–6
La Chaumière 58–9
Chaumont, Céline 320
Chinatown, Melbourne 251
Chincholle, Charles 357–8
cholera 169–70, 369n
Chopin, Frédéric 78
Collingwood, Melbourne 243–4
A Compromised Man 321, 332
copyright 354–5
courtesans 67, 90–1
Couture, Thomas 3, 212
Crédit Foncier 345
Crimes at Sea 335
Les Crimes de la Mer 335
Croesus (ship) 227–30, 232–8, 250, 370n
D
d’Agoult, Marie, Countess 264
Les Dames aux Camelias 204
dance halls 69–71, 76, 269
dancing 196, 265
dandies 112–13
Daudet, Alphonse 372n
de Brillard, Mademoiselle 164–5
de Chabrillan, Lionel, Count (C’s husband)
arrives in Paris from Melbourne 291–2
asks C to live with him 158
business dealings 262–3
C sends ornaments for grave of 308
cares for C during sickness 134–5, 295
challenges reporter to a duel 271
compliments C on her writing 303
confronts Richard Maylam 190
contracts dysentery 301–3
courts C 121–4, 126–7
death 303–4, 306–7
decides to try fortune in Australia 197–8, 208–9
discusses memoirs with C 249
draws up marriage contract 221
falls ill 187–8
financial woes 145–6, 157–8, 175–6, 194–5, 274–6, 281, 288
as French Consul in Melbourne 218–19, 231, 243–4, 251–2, 258–60, 264, 267–8, 271, 280, 302–3
friendship arrangement with C 188–9
gains leave due to C’s efforts 282–3
gives C ivory crucifix 278, 331
gives condolences to Lady Hotham 268
has tombstone made for Duke d’Esclignac 244
insists on dismissing maid 163
insults C 193
joins National Guard 144, 154
keeps second mistress 122–3, 125, 132
life with C at the chateau 160–3
life with C in Melbourne 240–3
marries C in London 222–6
meets C 115–18
moves to Victoria Heights 245
obliged to go to ball without C 263
opens office in Collins Street 260
persuades C to return to him 173–5
persuades Montez to flee 270
placates peasants 146
plans to marry without telling C 164–5
pressured by family to leave C 162–3
proposes marriage to C 197, 217–18, 220
reads C’s novels 293
receives inheritance 130
rescues C from oafs 4, 115–16
returns to Ballarat 258–9
returns to Melbourne 296–8
returns to Paris from Australia 214–17
rides from Sydney to Bathurs
t 208–9
sails to Melbourne with C 227–39
seeks out C’s detractors 271
separates from C 165–6
sets up C in an apartment in Paris 163
sets up house for C in Poinçonnet 188–9
spurned by family after marriage 294–5
in Sydney 208
takes C out to dinner 119–21
takes C to his castle 135–9
takes Charlotte Odene as mistress 190, 192, 194
turns up in Paris unannounced 133–4, 144
vicissitudes of love 181, 183–5, 190–1, 208–9
wounded by C 193–4
de Chabrillan, Louise, Marquise 283, 292, 295
de Chabrillan, Marie-Olivier, Marquis 117, 188, 223, 311–14
de Chabrillan, Marquis 128
de Choiseul-Praslin, M. (murderer) 312
de Crepeney, Husna 365
de Girardin, Delphine 200
de Girardin, Émile 200, 219, 314, 339
de Lesseps, Ferdinand-Marie, Viscount 282, 310–11, 314
de Maugny, Albert, Count 344
de Maupassant, Guy 359
de Montijo, Eugénie 368n
de Motholon-Sémoulville, Countess 294
de Musset, Alfred 3, 51–7, 160, 352
de Napoli, Roland, Count 116
Death at the End of the World 350–1, 371n
Deburau, M. (mime artist) 318
d’Esclignac, Duke 240, 244
Deslions, Anna 319
Desmarest, Maitre
as C’s lawyer 198–9, 210–12, 219, 279–80, 284–6
encourages C to write memoirs 198–200
reads C’s letter in paper 339
relationship with C 210, 323, 337, 353
Un Deuil au Bout du Monde 350–1, 371n
d’Haussonville, Count 351
Diggers’ Right Society 258
Doucet, Camille 200, 356
Dresden 264
Dreyfus affair 362–3
Dreyfus, Alfred 362–3, 373n
Drumont, Édouard 335, 363–4
du Camp, Maxime 344–5
Dumas, Alexandre Jr
adapts novel for opera 369n
advises C not to publish final memoirs 363
advises C to seek admission to home 356–7
attends The 1852 Revue 213
C’s impressions of 212
death 360–1
literary output 369n
meets C in old age 359–60
opposes rule of Napoleon III 250
pays for C’s convalescence in Maison Dubois 355
raised by father 369n
relationship with C 320–1
reviews C’s performance 213
suggests C sell her copyright 354
as a writer 204
Dumas, Alexandre Sr
advises C to try writing fiction 203, 253, 255
C rejects advances of 298–300
C sees illegitimate child of 361
consulted by C for literary advice 314–15
death 341
dramatises C’s novel 324–5
encourages C as a writer 287
gives C advice about publication of memoirs 220
opposes rule of Napoleon III 250
reads C’s manuscript 200
relationship with C 202–3, 208
relationship with Lola Montez 265
reviews C’s novel 204, 290
success as a writer 202
visits C during illness 298–9
Dupin, Amantine Lucille 368n
Duplessis, Marie 204
E
Edmond, Charles 280–1
Egan, John 371n
The Emigrants 291
En Australie 321
Encore Moi 334
England, Paul 349
Equator ritual 234, 240
Esterhazy, Ferdinand 362
Eureka Hotel, Ballarat 257–8
Eureka Stockade 258–60, 268
F
The Fair Maid of Perth 329
Farewell to the World: The Memoirs of Céleste Mogador 200–1, 204–5, 219, 239, 248–9, 261, 280, 284–7, 309
Fauchery, Antoine 263–4, 271, 277, 303–4, 307, 371–2n
Favre, Jules 338, 342
Ferry, Gabriel 290
Fieschi, Giuseppe Marco 367n
Fifty Favourite Operas 349
Le Figaro 357
financial speculation 262–3
Flaubert, Gustave 290
Fournier, Marc 305–6, 315–16
France
1848 Revolution 141–5, 154–5, 159
coup d’état by Louis Napoleon 205
Dreyfus affair 362–3
Franco-Prussian War 337–45
Paris Commune 343–4
Second Empire 338, 344
Second Republic 141, 154
Third Republic 338
Franco-Prussian War 337–45
Françoise (courtesan) 92–3
Freemasons Ball 267
French Army 343
French Consulate, London 225–6
Frisette (C’s friend) 1–2, 112, 116, 129–30, 142–3, 148
G
Gaîté Theatre 316
Gambetta, Léon 338, 342
gambling 126–7, 148–53
Gatineau, Louise Josephine 264
Georges (Lionel’s friend) 129–30
Gervex, Henri 3, 352
Gilbert, Marie see Montez, Lola
gold rushes, Australia 198, 208–9, 370n
The Gold Thieves 272–3, 280–1, 288–91, 293, 303, 315–16, 324–6, 332, 351, 354
Grace (horse) 87–8
Grand Imperial Hotel, Melbourne 270
The Great Britain (ship) 246–7
Guichard, Robert 79–80
Guizot, François 143
H
Harmant, M. (theatre director) 316
Heaven’s Alternative (brothel) 40, 44–8
Henri (Lionel’s friend) 129–30
Hervé (composer) 321
Hippodrome 80–8, 94–6, 98–100, 102–3, 320, 368n
Hirondelle (ship) 251
Holacher, M. (theatre manager) 324–5, 335
Holland 326
Un Homme Compromis 321, 332
horse racing 80–8, 94–6, 98–100, 102–3
Hotham, Sir Charles 259, 263
Hotham, Lady Jane 268, 371n
Hughes, John 255–7
Hugo, Victor 370–1n
Humffray, John 258
I
L’Illustration 309
In Australia 321
Is He Mad? 309
J
James Baines (ship) 278–9, 331
Janin, Jules 291
Jean (Russian prince) 131, 133–4, 140–2
Jerome, King of Westphalia 369n
Jockey Club, Paris 125
Jocottet, M. (publisher) 219
La Jolie Fille de Perth 329
Josephine (C’s friend) 92
Judith (actress) 313
July Monarchy 141
L
Lachmann, Thérèse 172
Lalor, Peter 260
Lassagne, Alphonse 181
Laurence (C’s benefactor) 60–2
Laurent, Franconi 81–4
le Grand, Toulouse 65
Le Havre 140, 247
Le Marais, Paris 13, 155
Le Vésinet 328, 331, 342–3, 345, 351, 353–5
lecture tour 345–6
lesbianism 29–30, 50
Letessier, Caroline 172
Lévy, Michael
buys C’s first novel 280–1
buys C’s second novel 291
C sells copyright of work to 354
death 363
Murger complains to 287
sponsors C’s application to home 356, 358
Librairie Nouvelle 204, 219, 284, 309
La Libre Parole 363
Lionel, Madame 320, 332
Liouville, Maitre 284–5
; Lisbon 228, 232
Liszt, Franz 264–5
litigation 210–12, 279–80, 285–6, 288
London 184–6, 222–6
Lorraine 347, 351
Louis-Phillipe, King of France 15, 64, 141, 145, 367n
Lusignan, Princess 336
Lyon 10–11
M
Madame Bovary 290
Maison d’Or 174
Maison Dubois 350
Malmaison 64
M’ame Nicole 353
Manceau, Louis-Édouard 243–4
Manet, Édouard 212
Maria II, Queen of Portugal 232
Marie (maid 1) 105, 108, 134, 138, 155, 162–3
Marie (maid 2) 222, 241, 244–5, 250, 276, 278
Marie Baud 355
Martin (Lionel’s friend) 133–4, 136–7
Maylam, Richard 172–4, 180, 182–8, 190–2, 194
mazurka 78–9
Melbourne 238, 240–6, 250–1, 263–4, 266–7, 319–20
The Memoirs of Céleste Mogador 200–1, 204–5, 219, 239, 248–9, 261, 280, 284–7, 309
Mettray 286
Militairement 321
miners 253–5, 257–60, 269
Miss Pewell 291
Mogador (C’s stage name) 74, 76, 79, 320, 368n
Mont Saint Michel 36
Monte Cristo (journal) 290
Montez, Lola 264–6, 269–71
Montmartre 364–5, 373n
Moser, Françoise 225
Mourier, M. 178–81, 196
Le Mousquetaire 204
Mullois, Father 286–7
Mureut, Jacques 251
Murger, Henry 204, 287, 372n
My History 265–6
N
Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon Bonaparte)
captured by Prussians 338
declines C’s request 308
Dumas opposes rule of 220
flower display in honour of 267
marries Eugénie 368n
organises coup d’état 205
reads C’s memoirs 286–7
Napoleon, Prince (Plon-Plon)
attends C’s party 212
C solicits support of 262
declines to help C in bid to stop publication 220–1
helps C remove name from register 206–7
holds fortnightly dinners 369n
opposes C’s marriage to Lionel 220
as Queen Victoria’s confidante 225
relationship with C 206, 208, 313
secures temporary annulment of contract 280
supports C’s theatre venture 318–19
warns Lionel about C’s memoirs 248
National Guard 144, 154, 338, 343
Naurois, Count de 336–8, 345–7, 351–3, 365
New South Wales 198
novels see writing
O
Odene, Charlotte 190, 192, 194
Odry, Jacques 181
On Guard 321, 332
Onyx (ship) 251
Onze, Denise
accompanies C to registry 47