The Mistress of Paris

A fantastically readable biography of a 19th-century Parisian courtesan who harbours an incredible secret

A brilliant biography in the vein of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize-winning The PikeFull of the colour and verve of 19th-century ParisAlready the recipient of a Biographer''s Club Prize and a Society of Authors grant

'Riveting.'

Auteur
Catherine Hewitt studied French Literature and Art History at Royal Holloway, University of London and the Courtauld Institute of Art. Her proposal for The Mistress of Paris was awarded the runner-up's prize in the 2012 Biographers' Club Tony Lothian Competition for the best proposal by an uncommissioned, first-time biographer. She lives in a village in Surrey.