Eclipsed in the collective memory by Liane de Pougy, Caroline Otéro or Cléo de Mérode, Lina Cavalieri began her career as a singer at the café-concert, before becoming a soprano at the Opera. Celebrated as one of the most perfect beauties of the demi-monde, the diva seduces four husbands and countle
Dutch Mata Hari is a specialist in oriental dances, whose shows met with great success in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. When the First World War broke out, his status as an artist allowed him to travel throughout Europe. Returning from a trip to Germany, Mata Hari is arrested by the Fr
Vallabhbhais extraordinary hard work in London yielded results. To become a barrister, 12 term examinations had to be given. He scored the highest marks in the first term itself, for which he got a prize of five pounds and got a discount of two terms. Thus six months of time and expenditure were sav
Under the Empire, his friendship with Moreau earned him the suspicion of the Emperor, who gave him command important that from 1805, present in many battles, he was a good rider, wounded during Friedland and at the Moskva. He gets angry with the Emperor preferring to command infantry rather than cav