Title: The duchess
Description: Thrown out of her ancestral home by her brutal half-brothers after the death of their father, Angélique Latham makes her way to Paris, where she takes in abused streetwalkers and transforms them into upper-crust courtesans in an exclusive bordello.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Aristocracy (Social class), Brothels, Orphans, History, Prostitution, Fiction, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2017-07-16, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, romance, historical, Paris (france), fiction, Fiction, romance, historical, general
Places: Paris, Paris (France), England, France
Time periods: 19th century