The story of Marie Duplessis, the woman who inspired Verdi's La traviata. A rags-to-riches fairytale, from rural poverty to Parisian stardom, which ended in tragedy but gave rise to some of the most heart-wrenching and lyrical music ever composed.
... well-researched, meticulously sifting the claims and counter-claims of previous biographers ... this book will provide an intriguing glimpse of the poignant and often bitter realities' of Violetta
