My latest podcast is up on the New Books Network website! In it, I interview René Weis about his biography of Marie Duplessis, the French courtesan who served as the inspiration for Verdi's La traviata. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley.If you have seen the older movie version of Annie, you have heard of Marie Duplessis, whose fictional mirror appears briefly when Annie attends a film.Marie Duplessis inspired one of the most famous novels in literature - La Dame aux Camélias. It is one of those stories...
Interesting tale of religion, trust, betrayal and sex in middle ages France. The Cathars had a curious set of beliefs, but I can't imagine believeing in anything so strongly as to burn for it. A world away from modern existance, even in the geographic locations are still identifiable today.
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