The Courtesan's Daughter

The Courtesan's Daughter
Title The Courtesan's Daughter PDF eBook
Author Priscilla Galloway
Publisher Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages 0
Release 2002
Genre Courtesans
ISBN 9780385729079

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Phano is almost 15, the traditional age for a woman to marry in ancient Athens. She is in love with Theo, who is 30-the traditional age for a man to marry. But marriage may not be an option for her. Her stepmother's enemy, Phrynion, claims that Phano is not really a free woman but a slave who belongs to him, and he is ready to sell her if he can get his hands on her. Phano, her father, and her stepmother must use every resource they have to try to restore her reputation and keep her safe. Even if they can keep Phrynion away, Phano may never be able to marry Theo, whose prominent family would expect a wealthy bride who would bring a good-sized dowry with her. Meanwhile, Athens faces the threat of war from Philip of Macedon. Once she turns 15, Phano must find her place as an adult in the turbulent society of ancient Greece. From the Hardcover edition.

The Courtesan's Daughter

The Courtesan's Daughter
Title The Courtesan's Daughter PDF eBook
Author Claudia Dain
Publisher Penguin
Pages 340
Release 2007-10-02
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1440623066

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First in a sexy new series featuring a match-making courtesan. Lady Sophia Dalby, everyone?s favorite courtesanturned- countess, faces her toughest match-making case yet: her own obstinate daughter.

The Courtesan's Daughter

The Courtesan's Daughter
Title The Courtesan's Daughter PDF eBook
Author Claudia Dain
Publisher Penguin
Pages 340
Release 2007
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780425217207

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With her prospects for finding a suitable match limited by her mother's infamous past as one of London's most sought-after courtesans, Lady Caroline is dismayed to discover that her mother plans to purchase a husband for her by agreeing to settle the Earl of Ashdon's gambling debts in exchange for marriage. Original.

Courtesan's Daughter

Courtesan's Daughter
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Pages 0
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ISBN 9781639887033

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The Courtesan's Secret

The Courtesan's Secret
Title The Courtesan's Secret PDF eBook
Author Claudia Dain
Publisher Penguin
Pages 324
Release 2008
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780425221365

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To win the love of the rakish Marquis of Dutton, as well as to retrieve the family pearls that are in his possession, Lady Louisa Kirkland enlists the seductive assistance of former courtesan Lady Sophia, in a sexy Regency-era novel by the author of The Courtesan's Daughter. Original.

The Courtesan's Daughter

The Courtesan's Daughter
Title The Courtesan's Daughter PDF eBook
Author Linda Lee Talbert
Publisher Publishamerica Incorporated
Pages 232
Release 2007-07
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9781424189052

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A young French actress. A reserved English lord. Can passion survive secrets and lies? In 1884, Mademoiselle Colette Chartier, a gifted actress at the ComA(c)die-FranAaise, travels alone to London to perform at the Savoy Theater. To shield herself from the English aristocratsa condemnation, Colette conceals her identity as the illegitimate daughter of a notorious Parisian courtesan. But when she meets the aloof Lord Jonathan Thackeray, who harbors a secret of his own, she learns first-hand about love based upon a lie. Can Colette experience the indescribable happiness for which her heart yearns? Will she get to marry the man she loves and become a member of the Thackeray family? Or will Colette be forced to be like her mother, a woman alone in the world who has to depend upon her beauty and talent and wits to survive?

In the Company of the Courtesan

In the Company of the Courtesan
Title In the Company of the Courtesan PDF eBook
Author Sarah Dunant
Publisher Random House
Pages 338
Release 2006-04-11
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1588365506

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My lady, Fiammetta Bianchini, was plucking her eyebrows and biting color into her lips when the unthinkable happened and the Holy Roman Emperor’s army blew a hole in the wall of God’s eternal city, letting in a flood of half-starved, half-crazed troops bent on pillage and punishment. Thus begins In the Company of the Courtesan, Sarah Dunant’s epic novel of life in Renaissance Italy. Escaping the sack of Rome in 1527, with their stomachs churning on the jewels they have swallowed, the courtesan Fiammetta and her dwarf companion, Bucino, head for Venice, the shimmering city born out of water to become a miracle of east-west trade: rich and rancid, pious and profitable, beautiful and squalid. With a mix of courage and cunning they infiltrate Venetian society. Together they make the perfect partnership: the sharp-tongued, sharp-witted dwarf, and his vibrant mistress, trained from birth to charm, entertain, and satisfy men who have the money to support her. Yet as their fortunes rise, this perfect partnership comes under threat, from the searing passion of a lover who wants more than his allotted nights to the attentions of an admiring Turk in search of human novelties for his sultan’s court. But Fiammetta and Bucino’s greatest challenge comes from a young crippled woman, a blind healer who insinuates herself into their lives and hearts with devastating consequences for them all. A story of desire and deception, sin and religion, loyalty and friendship, In the Company of the Courtesan paints a portrait of one of the world’s greatest cities at its most potent moment in history: It is a picture that remains vivid long after the final page.