The Courtesan and the Gigolo - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Courtesan and the Gigolo write by Aaron Freundschuh. This book was released on 2017-01-11. The Courtesan and the Gigolo available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The intrigue began with a triple homicide in a luxury apartment building just steps from the Champs-Elyseés, in March 1887. A high-class prostitute and two others, one of them a child, had been stabbed to death—the latest in a string of unsolved murders targeting women of the Parisian demimonde. Newspapers eagerly reported the lurid details, and when the police arrested Enrico Pranzini, a charismatic and handsome Egyptian migrant, the story became an international sensation. As the case descended into scandal and papers fanned the flames of anti-immigrant politics, the investigation became thoroughly enmeshed with the crisis-driven political climate of the French Third Republic and the rise of xenophobic right-wing movements. Aaron Freundschuh's account of the "Pranzini Affair" recreates not just the intricacies of the investigation and the raucous courtroom trial, but also the jockeying for status among rival players—reporters, police detectives, doctors, and magistrates—who all stood to gain professional advantage and prestige. Freundschuh deftly weaves together the sensational details of the case with the social and political undercurrents of the time, arguing that the racially charged portrayal of Pranzini reflects a mounting anxiety about the colonial "Other" within France's own borders. Pranzini's case provides a window into a transformational decade for the history of immigration, nationalism, and empire in France.
Casanegra
Casanegra - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Casanegra write by Blair Underwood. This book was released on 2008-06-03. Casanegra available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Struggling to hold on to his career while endeavoring to redeem a scandalous past that estranged him from his family, actor Tennyson Hardwick finds himself accused of murder in the aftermath of his strict LAPD captain father's stroke. Reprint.
Cheri
Cheri - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cheri write by Colette. This book was released on 2023-07-06. Cheri available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is Colette's famous love story about the romance between an older woman and a younger man. Léa de Lonval is a magnificent and aging courtesan facing the end of her career. She has devoted the last six years to the amorous education of the exquisitely handsome and spoilt Chéri - a playboy half her age. When an advantageous marriage is arranged for Chéri, Léa reluctantly decides their relationship must end. But neither lover can foresee how deeply they are connected, or how much they will have to give up. First published in 1920, it was instantly greeted by Marcel Proust and André Gide as a masterpiece. VINTAGE FRENCH CLASSICS - five masterpieces of French fiction in gorgeous new gift editions. 'This most French of all French writers tells us how love sometimes binds and keeps a woman from breathing freely or how it may shape and support her and help her to be beautiful . . . One thinks of her as the female voice of Paris . . .' New York Times
The French Army and Its African Soldiers
The French Army and Its African Soldiers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The French Army and Its African Soldiers write by Ruth Ginio. This book was released on 2017-01-01. The French Army and Its African Soldiers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 7 Adjusting to a New Reality: The Army and the Imminent Independence -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
The Duke
The Duke - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Duke write by Gaelen Foley. This book was released on 2006-04-25. The Duke available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this dazzling first novel featuring the Knight family, bestselling author Gaelen Foley writes an elegant, emotional story that touches the heart and soul. Driven to uncover the truth about the mysterious death of his ladylove, the Duke of Hawkscliffe will go to any lengths to unmask a murderer. Even if it means jeopardizing his reputation by engaging in a scandalous affair with London's most provocative courtesan—the desirable but aloof Belinda Hamilton. Bel has used her intelligence and wit to charm the city's titled gentlemen, while struggling to put the pieces of her life back together. She needs a protector, so she accepts Hawk's invitation to become his mistress in name only. He asks nothing of her body, but seeks her help in snaring the same man who shattered her virtue. Together they tempt the unforgiving wrath of society—until their risky charade turns into a dangerous attraction, and Bel must make a devastating decision that could ruin her last chance at love. . . .
