The beauty of her age : a tale of sex, scandal and money in Victorian England
Roberts, Jenifer, 1943-2018
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Yolande Duvernay was born in poverty in Paris in 1812. Under the control of a formidable stage mother, she became a celebrated ballerina - the favourite dancer of Princess Victoria - renowned for her beauty, grace and provocative style on stage. Sold for sexual assignations from puberty, she gave birth to two children and became the mistress of a succession of men. When she became the mistress of Stephens Lyne Stephens, son and heir of the richest commoner in England, her mother was rewarded with over a million pounds in today's money. There was a massive scandal a few years later when she manipulated Stephens into marriage, and when he died, he left her a life interest in his entire fortune. With an annual income worth more than six million pounds today, she became the wealthiest woman in England - even richer, it was said, than Queen Victoria.
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Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2018.Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2018.
Collation:
x, 276 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
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Originally published: 2016.Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781445677194 (pbk)
Dewey class:
920 DUV
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English
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BRN:
1886528