The Drowning Room  -  Michael Pye

The story of the first whore of New York

KORTE INHOUD

A 17th Century Dutch prostitute's success story in the New World. She is Gretje Reyniers, an orphan forced into prostitution by a series of unlucky events. She meets a sailor and together they sail to America where Gretje's skills in giving pleasure, combined with her sense of humor, turn her into one of the wealthiest and most colorful figures in the New Amsterdam colony. Part history, part love story. By the author of Maximum City: The Biography of New York.
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1995 Uitgever: Granta 272 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0140141200 ISBN-13: 9780140141207