Camille - the first tart with a heart - has inspired countless plays and films. But her life, says Lyn Gardner, was far from romanticOn February 5 1847, the prostitute known as Marie Duplessis, once queen of the Parisian demi-monde and arguably one of the modern world's first celebrities, died of tuberculosis. She was only 23. Within weeks, all her belongings, including her pet parrot, were auctioned to pay her massi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32PM on July 24, 2018