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From rogue to everyman : a foundling's journey to the Bastille
- Title
- From rogue to everyman : a foundling's journey to the Bastille / L.L. Bongie.
- Author
- Bongie, Laurence L.
- Publication
- Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | DC133.3 .B66 2004g | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 444 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- "From Rogue to Everyman is the portrait of Charles de Julie, an archetypal rogue, through street scenes of eighteenth-century Paris. Julie knew the French capital intimately. Working as an informer and police officer exposed him to loan sharks, pickpockets, confidence men, gamblers, and thousands of prostitutes - all closely watched by an invasive network of police and government spies. Julie established close contacts with a number of the capital's leading "maquerelles" as well as their distinguished clients, and his underground news sheets, lifted mainly from secret vice squad reports, provided a restricted circle of wealthy subscribers with racy accounts of the town's sexual dalliances. From Rogue to Everyman brings this first-class rogue to life."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Note
- Limited edition of 500 copies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- Text in English, with some text in French.
- ISBN
- 0773527931
- OCLC
- ocm55681744
- SCSB-14255298
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries