DANGEROUS LIAISONS: The Courtesans of The Regency & The Second Empire with Sylvia Sagona

While virtuous women were confined to a drab existence of home and hearth, their outrageous sisters of the night, under the elite patronage of the Gentlemen’s

Jockey Club in Paris and the Carlton Set in London, blazed a trail of diamonds and destruction through European aristocracy, influencing politics and art on the way.

SYLVIA SAGONA is an internationally recognised specialist on 19th century French society. She retired from the French Department at the University of Melbourne to work on historical documentaries for French and Australian television and is currently researching a book on Parisian women in the 19th century.