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She has been known as the 'kept woman', the 'fancy woman' and the 'other woman'. She exists as both a fictional character and flesh-and-blood human being. But who is she, really? What do Madame de Pompedour, Heloise, Marilyn Monroe, Jane Eyre and Camilla Parker-Bowles have in common? Why do women become mistresses, and what is it like to have a private life that is usually also a secret life? Is a mistress merely a wife-in-waiting, or is she the very definition of the emancipated, independent female? In Mistresses Elizabeth Abbott intelligently examines the motives of some of history's most infamous and fascinating women. Drawing intimate portraits of those who have - either by chance, coercion or choice - assumed this complex role, from Chinese concubines and European royal mistresses to mobster molls and trophy dolls, Mistresses offers a rich blend of history, personal biography and cultural insight.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Sociology

• Full title: Mistresses
• Author: Elizabeth Abbott
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512
• EAN: 9780715641491
• ISBN: 0715641492
• ID: 04390773
• Publisher: Duckworth Overlook
• Weight: 384 g
• Dimensions: 197 × 131 × 38 mm
• Date of publishing: 08. December 2011

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