Adventuresses and adventurous ladies
By: by Edmund B. D'Auvergne; with sixteen full-page illustrations
Publisher: J. H. Sears
Published: 1927
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Biography; Women
Table of contents: title: A preliminary discourse on adventuresses.-The nun ensign (Catalina de Erauso)-"The German princess" (Mary Carleton)-The countess-duchess (Elizabeth Chudleigh)-"Elizabeth the Second" [Princess Tarakanova]-The fire-hearted demoiselle [Théroigne de Méricourt]-"The dear Emma" (Emma, Lady Hamilton)-"The Spanish dancer" (Lola Montez)-La grande Thérèse (Thérèse Humbert)