The beauty of her age : a tale of sex, scandal and money in Victorian England / Jenifer Roberts.

BIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY. Yolande Duvernay, the star of this tale, was born in poverty in Paris in 1812. Under the control of her stage mother, she became a celebrated ballerina - a star of the Paris Opera - becoming the favourite dancer of Princess Victoria. She was praised for h...

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Main Author: Roberts, Jenifer, 1943- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Stround, Gloucestershire : Amberley Publishing, 2016.
Subjects:
Duvernay, Yolande, > 1812-1894.
Ballet dancers > France > Biography.
Women > Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Courtesans > Great Britain > Biography.
Ballet dancers.
Courtesans.
Manners and customs.
Women > Social life and customs.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century.
France.
Great Britain.
1800-1899
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:x, 276 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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Call Number: HQ1596 .R63 2016
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