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Seductress

Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love

Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love

By Betsy Prioleau

By Betsy Prioleau

By Betsy Prioleau

By Betsy Prioleau

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Oct 26, 2004 | ISBN 9780143034223

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    About Seductress

    In this road map to restoring feminine sexual power, Betsy Prioleau introduces and analyzes the stories and stratagems of history’s greatest seductresses. These are the women who ravished the world—from such classic figures as Cleopatra and Mae West to such lesser-known women as the infamous Violet Gordon Woodhouse, who lived in a ménage with four men. Smarts, imagination, courage, and killer charm helped these love maestras claim the men of their choice and keep them fascinated for life. Through an exposé of their secrets, Seductress provides an authoritative, empowering guide to erotic sovereignty.

    About Seductress

    In this road map to restoring feminine sexual power, Betsy Prioleau introduces and analyzes the stories and stratagems of history’s greatest seductresses. These are the women who ravished the world—from such classic figures as Cleopatra and Mae West to such lesser-known women as the infamous Violet Gordon Woodhouse, who lived in a ménage with four men. Smarts, imagination, courage, and killer charm helped these love maestras claim the men of their choice and keep them fascinated for life. Through an exposé of their secrets, Seductress provides an authoritative, empowering guide to erotic sovereignty.

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    About Betsy Prioleau

    Betsy Prioleau is the author of Seductress and Circle of Eros and was a scholar in residence at New York University where she taught cultural history. She lives in New York City.

    About Betsy Prioleau

    Betsy Prioleau is the author of Seductress and Circle of Eros and was a scholar in residence at New York University where she taught cultural history. She lives in New York City.

    Product Details

    Category: History | Biography & Memoir

    Paperback | $24.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Oct 26, 2004 | 400 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780143034223

    Category: History | Biography & Memoir

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Oct 26, 2004 | 384 Pages | ISBN 9781440684463

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    Praise

    Prioleau is almost incapable of writing a dreary sentence… Delightful philosophy and wickedly wonderful advice. (USA Today)

    Prioleau has gathered together historyÆs sexiest vixens and given them a delicious voice. (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)

    Table Of Contents

    Acknowledgments vii
    Preface x

    1. Seductress: The Women and the Art 1
    2. The Seductress Archetype 25
    3. Belles Laides: Homely Sirens 49
    4. Silver Foxes 83
    5. Scholar-Sirens 119
    6. Sorcières: Siren-Artists 155
    7. Machtweiber: Seductresses in Politics 195
    8. Siren-Adventurers 233
    9. Goddess-Trippin’: Into the Future 277

    Notes 294
    Suggested Reading 353
    Index 355

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