Title Madame Brussels : this moral pandemonium / [L.M. Robinson]

Published Carlton, Vic. : Arcade Publications, [2009] ©2009

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Description 122 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, map, portraits ; 15 cm regular print Summary "'She has made a name that will outlive even her “block of buildings”, a name that many a girl has wished to God she had never heard.' - Truth 20 April 1907. Meet the keeper of Melbourne's most famous brothel. 'Female pest', entrepreneur and jilted lover, Caroline Hodgson is Madame Brussels. LM Robinson charts the story of Melbourne's 'Queen of Harlotry' through the decadent 1880s and the tumultuous 1890s, through courtroom dramas, love affairs and a war between heaven and hell." --Publisher Notes "Meet marvellous Melbourne's 'Queen of harlotry"--Cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [119]-122) Subject Hodgson, Caroline, 1851-1908. Prostitutes -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- ?́ƠBiography Procuresses -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Biography. Prostitutes -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Biography. Brothels -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History. SUBJECT Melbourne (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029787 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Genre/Form Biographies. LC no. 2009459148 ISBN 9780980436723 paperback

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