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Jeanne Allen
Books by Jeanne Allen
Courtesan and Countess
The Lost and Found Memoirs of the French Consul's Wife
Translated by Jana Verhoeven
C�leste de Chabrillan, former courtesan and widow of the first French Consul to Melbourne, became the most prolific female stage writer in nineteenth-century France. Forever haunted by her scandalous past, C�leste fought to hold her place in an artistic world dominated by men. Courtesan and Count...
French Consul's Wife
Memoirs of Celeste De Chabrillan in Gold-rush Australia
By Jeanne Allen and Patricia Clancy
'What a subject for a film, but not, please, Meryl Streep ... Together with Dr Patricia Clancy (Melbourne University) and Jeanne Allen's (La Trobe University) elegant translation and able notes, the memoirs make for a piquant, informative, variegated and often startling read ... Miegunyah Press y...