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CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
LOLA MONTEZ 1
CHAPTER TWO
NINON DE L'ENCLOS 19
CHAPTER THREE
PEG WOFFINGTON 41
CHAPTER FOUR
HELEN OF TROY 62
CHAPTER FIVE
MADAME JUMEL 89
CHAPTER SIX
ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR 115
CHAPTER SEVEN
CLEOPATRA 135
CHAPTER EIGHT
GEORGE SAND 156
CHAPTER NINE
MADAME DU BARRY 175
CHAPTER TEN
LADY BLESSINGTON 204
CHAPTER ELEVEN
MADAME RECAMIER 230
CHAPTER TWELVE
LADY HAMILTON 250
CHAPTER ONE
LOLA MONTEZ
THE DANCER WHO KICKED OVER A THRONE
Her Majesty's Theatre in London, one night in 1843, was jammed from
pit to roof. Lumley the astute manager, had whispered that he had a
"find." His whisper had been judiciously pitched in a key that enabled
it to penetrate St. James Street clubs, Park Lane boudoirs, even City
counting-rooms.
The managerial whisper had been augmented by a "private view," to
which many journalists and a few influential men about town had been
bidden. These lucky guests had shifted the pitch from whisper to pæan.
By word of mouth and by ardent quill the song of praise had spread.
One of the latter forms of tribute had run much in this
rural-newspaper form:
"A brilliant ~divertissement~ is promised by Mr. Lumley for the
forthcoming performance of 'The Tarantula,' at Her Majesty's. Thursday
evening will mark the British debut of the mysterious and bewitchingly
beautiful Castilian dancer, Lola Montez.
CHAPTER ONE
LOLA MONTEZ 1
CHAPTER TWO
NINON DE L'ENCLOS 19
CHAPTER THREE
PEG WOFFINGTON 41
CHAPTER FOUR
HELEN OF TROY 62
CHAPTER FIVE
MADAME JUMEL 89
CHAPTER SIX
ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR 115
CHAPTER SEVEN
CLEOPATRA 135
CHAPTER EIGHT
GEORGE SAND 156
CHAPTER NINE
MADAME DU BARRY 175
CHAPTER TEN
LADY BLESSINGTON 204
CHAPTER ELEVEN
MADAME RECAMIER 230
CHAPTER TWELVE
LADY HAMILTON 250
CHAPTER ONE
LOLA MONTEZ
THE DANCER WHO KICKED OVER A THRONE
Her Majesty's Theatre in London, one night in 1843, was jammed from
pit to roof. Lumley the astute manager, had whispered that he had a
"find." His whisper had been judiciously pitched in a key that enabled
it to penetrate St. James Street clubs, Park Lane boudoirs, even City
counting-rooms.
The managerial whisper had been augmented by a "private view," to
which many journalists and a few influential men about town had been
bidden. These lucky guests had shifted the pitch from whisper to pæan.
By word of mouth and by ardent quill the song of praise had spread.
One of the latter forms of tribute had run much in this
rural-newspaper form:
"A brilliant ~divertissement~ is promised by Mr. Lumley for the
forthcoming performance of 'The Tarantula,' at Her Majesty's. Thursday
evening will mark the British debut of the mysterious and bewitchingly
beautiful Castilian dancer, Lola Montez.
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