tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post1976506870207178935..comments2024-03-21T00:15:41.466-04:00Comments on Elizabeth Kerri Mahon: Cora Pearl - English Beauty of the Second EmpireElizabeth Kerri Mahonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07763642809052430107noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-47537052366109183912014-08-13T11:16:19.197-04:002014-08-13T11:16:19.197-04:00Cora Pearl fascinates me. I live in India and give...Cora Pearl fascinates me. I live in India and given the social upbringing my family has its a lot like what Pearl faced. I can totally understand her free spirit. Some of us are like that and we get so desperate to get out our way and take control of our lives that it may at times be destructive. Pearl lived in another time where she perhaps would have fewer choices and where telling a woman that not walking down the aisle leads to downfall. Fortunately I don't. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-41905904177265260872010-06-19T14:36:18.678-04:002010-06-19T14:36:18.678-04:00Cora Pearl was buried at Batignolles Cemty July 18...Cora Pearl was buried at Batignolles Cemty July 1886 spendidly (not unmarked as stated). 1949 she was moved to Pere Lachaise Cemty. The city of Plymouth request me to return her to her birthplace where a commerative stainless steel obelisk stands at Prominade Plymouth waterside with other notables are honored..Great nephew; Frederick W N Crouch V Outer Banks N.C. USA fcrouch@yahoo.comFrederick W N Crouch Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06060630615954893509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-3767579755909365412008-12-08T19:55:00.000-05:002008-12-08T19:55:00.000-05:00oh I love a good Courtesan story. Cora Pearl is fa...oh I love a good Courtesan story. Cora Pearl is fascinating. I had heard the silver platter story but never knew if it was true. Have you ever read Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century by Katie Hickman? It is really good.Bearded Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06182921236123895352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-46516717042968393212008-12-04T10:22:00.000-05:002008-12-04T10:22:00.000-05:00I'm not sure Cari. I think there has to be an inh...I'm not sure Cari. I think there has to be an inherent survivor instinct, that keeps them going, despite all the odds against them. Something that tells that them that they are different.Elizabeth Kerri Mahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763642809052430107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-55809542919150884312008-12-02T22:23:00.000-05:002008-12-02T22:23:00.000-05:00So you found your lady who had herself served on a...So you found your lady who had herself served on a silver platter. Excellent! I was hoping you would. These women are fascinating. I wonder what it is that makes them rise above everyone else and make their lives extraordinary? Keep it up. I love reading your blog..<BR/><BR/>CariUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618509763813643703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-85425206977933652022008-12-01T09:10:00.000-05:002008-12-01T09:10:00.000-05:00Thanks Eliza. Courtesans have always fascinated m...Thanks Eliza. Courtesans have always fascinated me too. And Cora was one of the more outrageous ones. I have a few more of them up my sleeve that are pretty interesting.Elizabeth Kerri Mahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763642809052430107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-33113486842212858702008-11-30T21:22:00.000-05:002008-11-30T21:22:00.000-05:00Great blog Elizabeth!!! Courtesans have always fa...Great blog Elizabeth!!! Courtesans have always fascinated me.Eliza Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209596240914705136noreply@blogger.com