https://www.summer-brennan.com/events daily 0.75 2019-02-09 https://www.summer-brennan.com/events/2019/2/9/high-heel-book-launch-at-community-bookstore monthly 0.5 2019-02-09 https://www.summer-brennan.com/events/2019/3/29/awp-book-signing monthly 0.5 2019-02-09 https://www.summer-brennan.com/a-writers-notebook daily 0.75 2022-07-04 https://www.summer-brennan.com/a-writers-notebook/2022/1/27/for-lit-hub-god-of-teenage-appetites-on-the-undeniable-allure-of-meat-loaf monthly 0.5 2022-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/f2c4f2fc-e003-4ea7-b49c-a1d6fb2a70a1/GettyImages-98136033.jpg A Writer's Notebook - For Lit Hub: God of Teenage Appetites: On the Undeniable Allure of Meat Loaf - Make it stand out Meat Loaf performs at Wembley Arena in 1982. Photo by Pete Still/Getty Images. https://www.summer-brennan.com/a-writers-notebook/book-of-the-courtesans-part-5-clmence-andrieux monthly 0.5 2022-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1628068057589-JQM8VNHJYNN6J2UW3HC4/Cle%CC%81mence+Andrieux+by+Gaston+et+Mathieur.+1872.+Detail..png A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 5: Clémence Andrieux - Make it stand out Portrait of Andrieux by Gaston & Matthieu, 1872. Detail. Bibliothèque National de France. Photo mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1625603644175-8SKFQLHB60JNU9A0OE0H/Henri+Gervex+%281852-1929%29+Masked+Ball+at+the+Opera%2C+Paris%2C+1886%2C+DETAIL.png A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 5: Clémence Andrieux - Make it stand out Masked Ball at the Opera, by Henri Gervex, 1886. Detail. (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1625598543179-RW3NTAAVR5DRMBX5E9SG/Devant+le+miroir%2C+Edouard+Manet%2C+1876%2C+Solomon+R.+Guggenheim+Museum%2C+New+York.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 5: Clémence Andrieux - Make it stand out Before the Mirror, by Édouard Manet, 1876. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1625634364020-6KCQB5MQGZGGZORTK9IQ/rue+Condorcet.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 5: Clémence Andrieux - Make it stand out Vintage postcard showing the rue Condorcet in the 9th (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1628068169847-IEOKZ96M76RP8V36XMQB/Cle%CC%81mence+Andrieux+comparison.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 5: Clémence Andrieux - Make it stand out Left: Portrait of “Andrieux” by Gaston & Matthieu, 1872. Bibliothèque National de France. Image mine. Right: “Clémence” (actress?), by Thomassin & Cie. Musée Carnavalet (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1626334948676-POWGCWQ58LU4LH94J9LA/Portraits+d%27Andrieux+par+Ernest+Ladrey.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 5: Clémence Andrieux - Make it stand out Portraits of “Andrieux,” actress, by Ernest Ladrey c. 1864. Center photos courtesy of Musée Carnavalet (source, source). Photos to the left and right courtesy of Bibliothèque National de France. Photos by me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1626333446110-98IBA9DH58U3TANYTJO1/Viollet-le-Duc+in+1876%2C+by+Reutlinger+CROPPED.jpeg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 5: Clémence Andrieux - Make it stand out Portrait of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, héliogravure by P. Dujardin, from a photograph by Charles Reutlinger. Institut national d'histoire de l'art (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1628076835268-OYXEEOPOE01COUCCNM6O/Cle%CC%81mence+Andrieux+by+Gaston+%26+Mathieu+CDV+hi+res.jpeg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 5: Clémence Andrieux - Make it stand out Portrait of “Andrieux” by Gaston & Matthieu, 1872. Bibliothèque National de France. Image mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1628068265159-628B1NLLDM29NPFSBLLL/Cle%CC%81mence+Andrieux+face+comparison.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 5: Clémence Andrieux - Make it stand out Left: Portrait of “Andrieux” by Gaston & Matthieu, 1872. Detail. Bibliothèque National de France. Image mine. Right: “Clémence” (actress?), by Thomassin & Cie. Detail. Musée Carnavalet (source). https://www.summer-brennan.com/a-writers-notebook/2021/7/9/discourse-person monthly 0.5 2022-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1625829555578-IAPZDGGT616LZRCLY24F/Screen+Shot+2021-07-09+at+6.45.52+AM.png A Writer's Notebook - Discourse Person: On Empathy, Fiction, Plagiarism, and the Woman as Artist - Make it stand out From the series Marco Polo by Jodi Cobb (source). (c) Jodi Cobb | www.jodicobb.com https://www.summer-brennan.com/a-writers-notebook/2021/6/24/the-book-of-the-courtesans-part-4-camille-paquita-ackison monthly 0.5 2022-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1624555931245-AOYL8UMMXR7IKETQUL2O/Screen+Shot+2021-06-24+at+7.30.38+PM.png A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 4: Camille Ackison, aka Paquita - Make it stand out Portrait of “Paquita,” by Alexandre Ken. Detail. Musée Carnavalet (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1625573229681-V013556VBQFNQ6ZYNBZZ/Camille+Ackison%2C+Paquita+BB1+page+edited.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 4: Camille Ackison, aka Paquita - Make it stand out Camille Ackison, dite Paquite, in the Archives de la préfecture de police, BB1. Photo by me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1624704313248-MNCOK8EMPD83TY55G3UU/Portrait+of+Paquita%2C+by+Alexandre+Ken+hi+res.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 4: Camille Ackison, aka Paquita - Make it stand out Portrait of Paquita, by Alexandre Ken. Musée Carnavalet (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1624722970021-GW7XIILBT47AQEZT3QF6/Pierre-Auguste_Renoir%2C_Le_Moulin_de_la_Galette-1876.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 4: Camille Ackison, aka Paquita - Make it stand out Bal du Moulin de la Galette, by Auguste Renoir, 1876. Musée d’Orsay (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1624725976971-ND5DX51N511MNH6CF13L/Au+Bal+Publique%2C+by+Constantin+Guys.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 4: Camille Ackison, aka Paquita - Make it stand out Au Bal Publique, by Constantin Guys, mid-nineteenth century. Musée du Louvre (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1625147076565-HRZOQM3H9EI4HLI0BAA5/Fish+sellers+in+Marseille.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 4: Camille Ackison, aka Paquita - Make it stand out Fish sellers in Marseiile. Vintage postcards (source, source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1624705806740-JI9IRI5H40FZELSAUMAP/Doctor_Dubois%2C_by_Franc%CC%A7ois-Pascal-Simon_Ge%CC%81rard%2C_called_Baron_Ge%CC%81rard.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 4: Camille Ackison, aka Paquita - Make it stand out Portrait of Dr. Antoine Dubois, by François Gérard, c. 1813. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1624723825852-P8YI08PWQD03Q2VIB0F1/Edmond_Tarbe%CC%81_atelier_Nadar.png A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 4: Camille Ackison, aka Paquita - Make it stand out Portrait of Edmond Tarbé des Sablons du Paubois, by Nadar c. 1875. Bibliothèque National de France (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1624724556393-GDGL5VNAWMGZ181L4GXR/De%CC%81part+de+Gambetta+sur+le+ballon.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 4: Camille Ackison, aka Paquita - Make it stand out Départ de Léon Gambetta pour Tours sur le ballon l'"Armand-Barbès", le 7 octobre 1870, à Montmartre, by Jules Didier, c. 1871. Musée Carnavalet (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1624706110076-HQRWID3IF2J7RYPZKD8U/CI38.23.59ab_F.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans Part 4: Camille Ackison, aka Paquita - Make it stand out Dress, c. 1860. European. Metropolitan Museum of Art (source). https://www.summer-brennan.com/a-writers-notebook/2021/6/27/trees-and-their-absence monthly 0.5 2022-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1624827357000-GHCK8CZIJEWNG7P7JWVC/Pont-Royal+by+Edmond+Zeiger+%28no+frame%29.jpg A Writer's Notebook - Trees and Their Absence - Make it stand out Pont Royal, by Edmond Zeiger, 1921. Collection of the author. https://www.summer-brennan.com/a-writers-notebook/2021/6/17/caroline-hasse monthly 0.5 2022-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1623899270941-7FEWQYC5KZBSVV2M2AVU/Woman+misidentified+as+Pepita+Sanchez%2C+Carnavalet%2C+detail.png A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 3: Caroline Hassé - Make it stand out Unidentified woman and possible associate of Pepita Sanchez (misidentified as Mlle Sanchez). Detail. Musée Carnavalet (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1623983303813-X0J83J9KOF2TAO116S41/woman+misidentified+as+Pepita+Sanchez%2C+Carnavalet%2C+high+res.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 3: Caroline Hassé - Make it stand out Unidentified woman and possible associate of Pepita Sanchez (misidentified as Mlle Sanchez). Musée Carnavalet (source). Due to her close association with Pepita Sanchez, and her famous cleavage, this may be a picture of Caroline Hassé. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1623992512446-TJ6BS3GQB0CYAL85PDEH/Charles_Hermans%2C+At+Dawn%2C+other+version.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 3: Caroline Hassé - Make it stand out At Dawn, by Charles Hermans, 1875. Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1624426833661-U2IBS2Z62GXVCU754CEG/Cora_Pearl_%28A%29.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 3: Caroline Hassé - Make it stand out Portrait of Cora Pearl, by Eugène Disdéri. Bibliothèque nationale de France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1624360719353-K55K1Z64YTRDZ41W0WOU/Le+bal+Mabille+%281858%29%2C+lithographie.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 3: Caroline Hassé - Make it stand out Le Bal Mabille. Lithograph, 1858. New York Public Library (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1624528135507-4K04R4BHJEVVY5CXWG55/Two+Grisettes+19th+century+Constantin+Guys+.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 3: Caroline Hassé - Make it stand out Two Grisettes, by Constantin Guys. Mid nineteenth Century. Metropolitan Museum of Art (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1623995137078-LRAUK20ZV8L7GJM6GG66/Daniel+Wilson%2C+via+Carnavalet.png A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 3: Caroline Hassé - Make it stand out Portrait of Daniel Wilson by Charles Yvon. Musée Carnavelet (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1624533033745-D00FLA8KEHT19OMFTT88/Pepita+Sanchez+and+Worth.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 3: Caroline Hassé - Make it stand out Left: Portrait of Pepita Sanchez, by Erwin. Musée Carnavalet (source). Right: Afternoon dress. House of Worth. French, c. 1872. Metropolitan Museum of Art (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1623995200488-NMOLMYE5CGKF17ITBJLZ/%22+Carnavalet.png A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 3: Caroline Hassé - Make it stand out Portrait of Adrien Delahante (misidentified as Georges Delahante), by Disderi & Cie. Musée Carnavalet (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1624513345290-B1346RKUON0TL4O5R56M/87.115b-c_CP4.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 3: Caroline Hassé - Make it stand out Ensemble, by Worth and Bobergh, 1862-65. French. Metropolitan Museum of Art (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1624536344356-CMVOIVMX0TJ1K035OQC2/CEINTURE+DORE%CC%81E+par+D%27Epinay%2C+Sothebys.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 3: Caroline Hassé - Make it stand out The Golden Belt, by Prosper D’Epinay. 1874. Sotheby’s (source). https://www.summer-brennan.com/a-writers-notebook/what-the-river-brings monthly 0.5 2022-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1620120438768-VNJ8S8B431FQG1AGF1ZE/the+seine.png A Writer's Notebook - What The River Brings (image source) https://www.summer-brennan.com/a-writers-notebook/2021/2/26/the-book-of-the-courtesans-part-2-divine-aillot-amp-maison-boissier monthly 0.5 2022-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1614329144682-Z3850L7I14U9BZ1Z2TOY/Maison+Boissier+collage.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 2: Divine Aillot & Maison Boissier images courtesy of Maison Boissier. Photo collage by me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1614330609356-7EWCHRJDOVUI3V37EB9W/Screen+Shot+2021-02-26+at+10.09.08+AM.png A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 2: Divine Aillot & Maison Boissier The Pastry Chef, by Célestin Deshayes, courtesy of Musée Carnavalet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1614353047285-K8EAWDSCD6F788SS1K2F/Screen+Shot+2021-02-15+at+7.06.01+PM.png A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 2: Divine Aillot & Maison Boissier Parisian sweet shop, early 1800s, courtesy of Musée Carnavalet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1614353651149-JK91LPYEFO9GQEL7KCNW/Boissier%2C++7+Jan+1856.png A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 2: Divine Aillot & Maison Boissier Maison Boissier, advertising in the Gazette Alimentaire of 7 January 1858 (source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1614408696381-39QFQ4J7LUTCRVXRMPF7/Screen+Shot+2021-02-16+at+6.09.23+AM.png A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 2: Divine Aillot & Maison Boissier Interior of the Maison Seugnot candy store at 28 rue du Bac, Paris, c. 1879. Illustration by unknown artist. Musée Carnavalet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1614409091449-3UIP6H8MG9K92LGKUFYN/Alfred+Andre+Geniole+-+A+Bonbon+Shop+in+Paris+on+New+Years+Eye+-+%28MeisterDrucke-185419%29.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 2: Divine Aillot & Maison Boissier A Sweet Shop in Paris on New Years Eve, by Alfred Andre Geniole, c. 1850s (source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1614407033344-TZ9EXSDNQSJH0TX3BA4N/Maurice+de+Hirsch.png A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 2: Divine Aillot & Maison Boissier Portrait of Baron Maurice de Hirsch c. 1890 (source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1614407859960-H7HGRM642NNA493FF794/Kowalski+%26+Ferraris.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 2: Divine Aillot & Maison Boissier Left: Portrait of Henri Kowalski, by Erwin Hanfstaengl, Musée Carnavalet. Right: Portrait of Marie-Louise Ferraris, by Erwin Hanfstaengl, Musée Carnavalet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1614580943331-DIWBN3E6SM6PHH9BMI61/Boissier+Confisuer.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 2: Divine Aillot & Maison Boissier Advertisement for Maison Boissier c. 1922 (source) https://www.summer-brennan.com/a-writers-notebook/2021/3/3/houses-i-dont-live-in-yet monthly 0.5 2022-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1614768508279-8I254XXTYMUTXNVUGT3A/Screen+Shot+2021-03-03+at+11.48.09+AM.png A Writer's Notebook - Houses I Don't Live In Yet Photograph by Fran Virues Avila (source) https://www.summer-brennan.com/a-writers-notebook/2021/2/9/what-remains-of-us monthly 0.5 2022-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1612869400646-580VLHF1AWLOHV21RRD3/night-sky-photography.jpg A Writer's Notebook - What Remains Of Us (image source) https://www.summer-brennan.com/a-writers-notebook/2021/2/1/the-book-of-the-courtesans-marthe-aguillon monthly 0.5 2022-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1612182721702-8N88IU9IV7JWIH2OAS6T/TBOTC+banner+No.+1.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 1: Marthe Aguillon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1612329282739-YZARBC3703K18RXQS2UA/BB1.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 1: Marthe Aguillon BB1 in the Paris police archives. Photos by me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1612329373149-ARQDRX2W4OTEAFH1E3SK/Screen+Shot+2021-01-16+at+12.04.20+PM.png A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 1: Marthe Aguillon “Marthe Aguillon” in BB1. Photo by me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1612329453990-F3MGOS38BTAI4DGCRGVI/Marthe+Aguillon.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 1: Marthe Aguillon “Marthe Aguillon,” by Nadar, c. 1865. Musée Carnavalet (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1612329625933-IAZMRD7VYIX6GEGNI2XO/Aguillon+cdv+1.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 1: Marthe Aguillon “Marthe Aguillon,” by Louis Alexandre Dalligny. Musée Carnavalet (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1612329871572-HKBSP2FUH2CH5KFV9Z33/Theatre+Beaumarchais.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 1: Marthe Aguillon Left: Théâtre Beaumarchais, illustration. Right: Promotional poster from the Théâtre Beaumarchais. Both courtesy of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1612330385632-OB2VBX1XFVOGS15BB2CT/Marthe+Aguillon+in+a+top+hat+edited.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 1: Marthe Aguillon “Marthe Aguillon,” by Etienne Carjat. Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Photos by me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1612338562967-CRYMFMNVL7IRFXRWUXK4/Aguillon+by+Disderi.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 1: Marthe Aguillon “Marthe Aguillon,” by André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, Musée Carnavalet (left, right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1612331485225-YGO4DMS8GENQYTON1T3T/Marthe+Aguillon+by+Nadar.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 1: Marthe Aguillon “Marthe Aguillon,” by Felix Nadar. Left: Musée Carnavalet (source). Right: Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Photo by me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1612332574126-PHW2VO9SL6INU7BJ4GUN/light+dress+1.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 1: Marthe Aguillon French evening gown, c. 1867. Metropolitan Museum of Art (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1612333612760-Y1N1EIU7P2Z73GW1HW2M/stripe+dress.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 1: Marthe Aguillon French day dress, c. 1867. Metropolitan Museum of Art (source). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1612332368676-EUK08BYHYYOF99FW8DN3/Marthe+Aguillon+by+Reutlinger.jpg A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 1: Marthe Aguillon “Marthe Aguillon,” by Charles Reutlinger. Courtesy of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Photo by me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b20758155124748c5d876/1612337610295-3B1D6FX8RI808LFWCOU1/Screen+Shot+2021-02-03+at+8.18.55+AM.png A Writer's Notebook - The Book of the Courtesans, Part 1: Marthe Aguillon Eugène Janvier de la Motte, by Franck. 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