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Celeste

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by Roland Perry


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  ISBN: 978 0 7333 3508 2 (paperback)

  ISBN: 978 1 4607 0646 6 (ebook)

  National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:

  Creator: Perry, Roland, 1946- author.

  Title: Céleste : courtesan, countess, bestselling author / Roland Perry.

  Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

  Subjects: Chabrillan, Céleste Vénard de, comtesse, 1824-1909.

  Women authors, French – 19th century – Biography.

  Courtesans – France – Biography.

  Actresses – France – Biography.

  France – History – 19th century.

  France – Social life and customs – 19th century.

  Victoria – History – 1851-1891.

  Victoria – Social life and customs – 1851-1891.

  843.8

  Cover design by Darren Holt, HarperCollins Design Studio

  Cover image: Joseph Desire Court (1797-1865), The Mask, 1843 by DEA / A. DAGLI ORTI / Getty Images; all other images by shutterstock.com.

  Photo Credits: Text: Page vii: A. Duvivier, State Library of Victoria.

  Picture Section: Page 1: Mayer Brothers, National Library of France, Res. Eg4-162. Page 2: Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo. Pages 2–3: Granger, NYC/Alamy Stock Photo. Pages 4–5: DeAgostini/Getty Images. Page 5: The Protected Art Archive/Alamy Stock Photo. Pages 6–7: Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo. Page 8: Michael Maslan/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images. Page 9: Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo Library/Alamy Stock Photo. Page 10: INTERFOTO/Alamy Stock Photo. Page 11: Chronicle/Alamy Stock Photo. Page 12: Antoine Fauchery, State Library of Victoria. Pages 12–13: Old Paper Studios/Alamy Stock Photo. Page 14: Granger, NYC/Alamy Stock Photo. Page 15: Nadar Atelier, National Library of France, FT 4-NA-237 (2). Page 16: Céleste de Chabrillan undated, by an unknown artist, carte de visite photograph; National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009.

 

 

 


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