{"product_id":"9780522868845","title":"Courtesan and Countess: The Lost and Found Memoirs of the French Consul's Wife","description":"\u003cp\u003eCéleste de Chabrillan, former courtesan and widow of the first French Consul to Melbourne, became the most prolific female stage writer in nineteenth-century France. Forever haunted by her scandalous past, Céleste fought to hold her place in an artistic world dominated by men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCourtesan and Countess\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story not only of her struggle as a creative artist to survive and earn a living, but also of her fascinating life at the centre of the bohemian circles of Paris, surrounded by friends such as Alexandre Dumas père, Georges Bizet and Prince Napoléon. \u003ci\u003eCourtesan and Countess\u003c\/i\u003e paints a portrait of a remarkable woman and of the turbulent world of Paris during the Belle Epoque.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLost for more than eighty years until discovered by the authors in the attic of a French country manor, these are the unpublished and final set of memoirs from Céleste de Chabrillan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melbourne University Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026123571440,"sku":"9780522868845","price":37.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780522868845_p0.jpg?v=1769895624","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780522868845","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}