Peg Plunkett: Memoirs of a Whore Contributor(s): Peakman, Julie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1782067760 ISBN-13: 9781782067764 Publisher: Quercus Publishing OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.45 lbs) |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Of picking, washing and cleaning my pretty little toes, which he took great delight in, and in which pleasurable, innocent, and inoffensive pastime he as often spent hours; twas the greatest gratification to him on earth, nor did he (said she) indulge in any other in all the time we spent together, he never was even rude enough to give me a kiss. From a violent domestic background, Peg blitzed her way through balls and masquerades creating scandals and gossip wherever she went, leaving dukes, barristers and lieutenants stranded in her wake. She was the first madame ever to write her memoirs, thereby setting the template for the whore's memoir. She wrote not merely to reveal herself but to expose the shoddy behaviour of others and her account of her life. In Peg Plunkett: Memoirs of a Whore, Julie Peakman brings her subject and the world through which she moved to glorious, bawdy life. |