How the ‘Cora Pearl’ rose to Fame as a Courtesan and Made Herself a Name in the French Empire
In the middle of the 1800s, Cora Pearl served herself nude at dinner parties in Paris. As a sought-after courtesan, her shocking behavior shocked society and became a symbol of the French Second Empire’s debauchery. The belle of the demimonde, on the other hand, came from humble English ancestry. Cora Pearl was probably born around