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The Marchesa Casati: Portraits of a Muse
Author: Scot D. Ryersson Pages: 240 Type: Hardcover During the first half of the twentieth century, the Marchesa Luisa Casati (1881-1957) was Europe's most notorious celebrity. Her extravagant lifestyle, eccentric personality, and scandalous escapades captivated and inspired some of the most influential artists of her time. She was painted by Boldini and Augustus John, sketched by Drian and Alastair, and photographed by Man Ray and Cecil Beaton, among others. Jean Cocteau praised her strange... 
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The Marchesa: A Novel
From the award-winning and internationally acclaimed author of The Almond Picker comes this sumptuous family saga set in nineteenth-century Sicily. Costanza Safamita is the beloved daughter of the Baron Domenico Safamita: Red-haired, gawky, and shy, she is considered an outsider by many on her family's estate. But when her adoring father makes her the sole heir to the Safamita fortune, she finds herself plunged into the glittering world of Palermo society, and into the arms of a depraved husband...
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The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea
The original edition included 4 large maps. PDF files of these maps can be downloaded from this page.
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The Marchesa
Costanza Safamita, beloved daughter of Baron Domenico Safamita, is a precious but unusual child. Redhaired, gawky, and shy, she is considered an outsider by many on the family estate, but her adoring father makes her sole heir to the Safamita fortune, and then everything changes - for them and for her. Now she must conquer glittering, alien Palermo - where, uncertain of her future, she falls in love with a charming, dissolute young marchese whose sexual appetite she fears she cannot satiate. The...
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Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the Marchesa Casati (Definitive Edition)
Pages: 235, Paperback, Univ Of Minnesota Press
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