Empress of Pleasure: The Life and Adventures of Teresa Cornelys by Judith Summers

Empress of Pleasure: The Life and Adventures of Teresa Cornelys

Judith Summers

368 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history funny informative reflective medium-paced
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Mrs Tersa Cornelys was a unique figure in 18th-century Europe. A Venetian-born opera singer well known on the stages of Vienna, Bayreuth and Holland, she came to London in 1759 aged 36, and opened the capital's first real concert venue and nightcl...

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