The French Consul's Wife

The French Consul's Wife

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Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing

Published: 1999-04

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9780522850666

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'What a subject for a film, but not, please, Meryl Streep ... Together with Dr Patricia Clancy (Melbourne University) and Jeanne Allen's (La Trobe University) elegant translation and able notes, the memoirs make for a piquant, informative, variegated and often startling read ... Miegunyah Press you've done it again.' (Derek Whitelock, Weekend Australian) A former Parisian courtesan, circus performer and dancer, C leste de Chabrillan scandalised Melbourne society when she arrived in 1854 as the wife of the French Consul. These memoirs give a vivid firsthand account of the two-and-a-half years she spent in gold-rush Victoria. C leste's arrival in Melbourne was preceded by the publication of her memoirs describing her illegitimate birth, miserable adolescence and celebrity career as a courtesan, bareback rider and polka dancer. As a result she was dubbed the consul's 'harlot spouse' and ostracised by society. Despite this, C leste did not avoid the public gaze and continued to employ her literary talents. Her memoirs are of a life spent in the village of St Kilda, the diplomatic and government house circle and the Ballarat gold fields. Her descriptions of a public hanging, Governor Hotham's 'beer ball' and her own Ball for the Victims of Crimea reveal her as a woman of great energy and wilful temperament.


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Download or read book The French Consul's Wife written by and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 1999-04 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What a subject for a film, but not, please, Meryl Streep ... Together with Dr Patricia Clancy (Melbourne University) and Jeanne Allen's (La Trobe University) elegant translation and able notes, the memoirs make for a piquant, informative, variegated and often startling read ... Miegunyah Press you've done it again.' (Derek Whitelock, Weekend Australian) A former Parisian courtesan, circus performer and dancer, C leste de Chabrillan scandalised Melbourne society when she arrived in 1854 as the wife of the French Consul. These memoirs give a vivid firsthand account of the two-and-a-half years she spent in gold-rush Victoria. C leste's arrival in Melbourne was preceded by the publication of her memoirs describing her illegitimate birth, miserable adolescence and celebrity career as a courtesan, bareback rider and polka dancer. As a result she was dubbed the consul's 'harlot spouse' and ostracised by society. Despite this, C leste did not avoid the public gaze and continued to employ her literary talents. Her memoirs are of a life spent in the village of St Kilda, the diplomatic and government house circle and the Ballarat gold fields. Her descriptions of a public hanging, Governor Hotham's 'beer ball' and her own Ball for the Victims of Crimea reveal her as a woman of great energy and wilful temperament.

Courtesan and Countess

Courtesan and Countess

Author: Jana Verhoeven

Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing

Published: 2015-12-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 0522868851

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Cleste 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, Cleste fought to hold her place in an artistic world dominated by men. Courtesan and Countess 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 pre, Georges Bizet and Prince Napolon. Courtesan and Countess paints a portrait of a remarkable woman and of the turbulent world of Paris during the Belle Epoque. Lost 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 Cleste de Chabrillan.


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Download or read book Courtesan and Countess written by Jana Verhoeven and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cleste 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, Cleste fought to hold her place in an artistic world dominated by men. Courtesan and Countess 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 pre, Georges Bizet and Prince Napolon. Courtesan and Countess paints a portrait of a remarkable woman and of the turbulent world of Paris during the Belle Epoque. Lost 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 Cleste de Chabrillan.

The Wife of the First Consul

The Wife of the First Consul

Author: Imbert de Saint-Amand

Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's Sons

Published: 1890

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book The Wife of the First Consul written by Imbert de Saint-Amand and published by New York : C. Scribner's Sons. This book was released on 1890 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Wife of the First Consul

The Wife of the First Consul

Author: Arthur Léon baron Imbert de Saint-Amand

Publisher:

Published: 1900

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book The Wife of the First Consul written by Arthur Léon baron Imbert de Saint-Amand and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the French Consulate, Under Napoleon Buonaparte

History of the French Consulate, Under Napoleon Buonaparte

Author: William Vincent Barré

Publisher:

Published: 1804

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book History of the French Consulate, Under Napoleon Buonaparte written by William Vincent Barré and published by . This book was released on 1804 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Courtesan and Countess

Courtesan and Countess

Author: comtesse Céleste Vénard de Chabrillan

Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780522868845

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Text in English; unpublished memoirs originally written in French.


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Download or read book Courtesan and Countess written by comtesse Céleste Vénard de Chabrillan and published by Melbourne University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text in English; unpublished memoirs originally written in French.

The Infiltrated Consul

The Infiltrated Consul

Author: Esteban Navarro Soriano

Publisher: Babelcube Inc.

Published: 2021-11-01

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1667403710

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The incredibe story of Roger Tur Pallier, the honorary consul of France in Zaragoza from the pre-war period to the nineteen-seventies. Based on true events the story recounts his involvement spying on the Nazis in Spain before, during and after the Second World War and ending with his unfortunate death at the hands of left-wing terrorists shortly before he was due to retire.


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Download or read book The Infiltrated Consul written by Esteban Navarro Soriano and published by Babelcube Inc.. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredibe story of Roger Tur Pallier, the honorary consul of France in Zaragoza from the pre-war period to the nineteen-seventies. Based on true events the story recounts his involvement spying on the Nazis in Spain before, during and after the Second World War and ending with his unfortunate death at the hands of left-wing terrorists shortly before he was due to retire.

The Wife of the First Consul

The Wife of the First Consul

Author: Arthur L?on Imbert de Saint-Amand

Publisher: Рипол Классик

Published:

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 1417929979

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Download or read book The Wife of the First Consul written by Arthur L?on Imbert de Saint-Amand and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Wife of the First Consul

The Wife of the First Consul

Author: Imbert de Saint-Amand

Publisher:

Published: 1890

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book The Wife of the First Consul written by Imbert de Saint-Amand and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ho Chi Minh in Hong Kong

Ho Chi Minh in Hong Kong

Author: Geoffrey C. Gunn

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-07-29

Total Pages: 543

ISBN-13: 1108976042

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It was the trial of a century in colonial Hong Kong when, in 1931–33, Ho Chi Minh - the future President of Vietnam - faced down deportation to French-controlled territory with a death sentence dangling over him. Thanks to his appeal to English common law, Ho Chi Minh won his reprieve. With extradition a major political issue in Hong Kong today, Geoffrey C. Gunn's examination of the legal case of Ho Chi Minh offers a timely insight into the rule of law and the issue of extradition in the former British colony. Utilizing little known archival material, Gunn sheds new light on Ho Chi Minh, communist and anti-colonial networks and Franco–British relations.


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Download or read book Ho Chi Minh in Hong Kong written by Geoffrey C. Gunn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the trial of a century in colonial Hong Kong when, in 1931–33, Ho Chi Minh - the future President of Vietnam - faced down deportation to French-controlled territory with a death sentence dangling over him. Thanks to his appeal to English common law, Ho Chi Minh won his reprieve. With extradition a major political issue in Hong Kong today, Geoffrey C. Gunn's examination of the legal case of Ho Chi Minh offers a timely insight into the rule of law and the issue of extradition in the former British colony. Utilizing little known archival material, Gunn sheds new light on Ho Chi Minh, communist and anti-colonial networks and Franco–British relations.