Madam Belle: Sex, Money, and Influence in a Southern Brothel

Wall, Maryjean

ISBN 10: 0813147069 / ISBN 13: 9780813147062

Edité par Univ. Press of Kentucky, Lexington, 2014

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"2014" in ink to upper right of ffep. ; Illus. , signed by the author, jacket now in a clear protector ; 190 pages; Signed by Author.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Madam Belle: Sex, Money, and Influence in a Southern Brothel
• Éditeur: Univ. Press of Kentucky, Lexington
• Date de parution: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0813147069
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780813147062
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur

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Synopsis

Belle Brezing made a major career move when she stepped off the streets of Lexington, Kentucky, and into Jennie Hill's bawdy house-an upscale brothel run out of a former residence of Mary Todd Lincoln. At nineteen, Brezing was already infamous as a youth steeped in death, sex, drugs, and scandal. But it was in Miss Hill's "respectable" establishment that she began to acquire the skills, manners, and business contacts that allowed her to ascend to power and influence as an internationally known m

À propos de l?auteur

Maryjean Wall served as the turf writer for the Lexington Herald-Leader for thirty-five years. She recently received her doctoral degree in history from the University of Kentucky.