Black Venus
Subtitle: a novel
By: James MacManus
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781250014238; 9781250020925
Subjects: Social life and customs; Fiction
Description: A tale based on the romance between Charles Baudelaire and the Haitian cabaret singer who inspired his most controversial poems is set against the art scene of nineteenth-century Paris and follows their scandalous public trial for obscenity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-354).