The Book of the Courtesans Part 4: Camille Ackison, aka Paquita

Jul 01, 2021

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Portrait of “Paquita,” by Alexandre Ken. Detail. Musée Carnavalet (source).

In the archives of the Paris police there is a leather-bound volume known as The Book of the Courtesans, containing the criminal files of a group of women called Les Insoumis— The Rebels. These are their stories.

THE FILE

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