Resumen:
Harriette Wilson's Memoirs (The Greatest Courtesan of Her Age). My Dear Lord Byron, I hate to ask you for money. . . However, I only require a little present aid, and that I am sure you will not refuse me, as you once refused to make my acquaintance because you held me too cheap. . . H.W. These are the memoirs of the reigning courtesan of Regency London whose patrons included most of the distinguished men of her day, from the Duke of Wellington to Lord Byron. Hard-pressed for money in middle age, she sold her memoirs after offering to edit out any lovers who paid her. "Publish and be damned:" cried the Duke of Wellington. She did and she was. |
