{"id":16778,"date":"2014-07-05T16:14:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T16:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=16778"},"modified":"2014-07-05T16:14:32","modified_gmt":"2014-07-05T16:14:32","slug":"the-amazon-of-letters-by-george-wickes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/the-amazon-of-letters-by-george-wickes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amazon of Letters by George Wickes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Amazon of Letters<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Life and Loves of Natalie Barney<\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">George Wickes<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Synopsis:<\/p>\n<p>Natalie Barney came to Paris from America in 1894, a young woman possessed of beauty, brilliance, wealth. She was also the most notorious lesbian of her age. She attracted the admiration of leading men of letters of the day, commanded a salon that became a center of cultural life, and herself made life and conversation a delightful form of art. But the heart of Natalie Barney&#8217;s life centered in a different area. For Natalie was not only a pioneering feminist, she was an insatiable, immensely skillful desuctress whose list of female conquests was extraordinary both for quality and quantity. Now for the first time her full story is told.<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<h2>Check for it on:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/search?tag=lesbianfun-20&amp;index=books&amp;field-title=George Wickes, The Amazon of Letters\">Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/search?q=The Amazon of Letters, George Wickes&#038;qid=\">Goodreads<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?tbm=bks&#038;hl=en&#038;q=George Wickes, The Amazon of Letters\">Google Books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n .TFtable{\n  border-collapse:collapse; <\/p>\n<p> }\n .TFtable td{ \n  spacing:10px; border:#ffffff 5px solid; padding-right:20px<\/p>\n<p> }\n \/*  Define the text for all the 2nd columns  *\/\n .TFtable td:nth-child(2){\n  color: #0099ff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"TFtable\">\n<tr>\n<td>ISBN<\/td>\n<td>9780399118647<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Genre<\/td>\n<td>Autobiography\/Biography<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Copyright Date<\/td>\n<td>1976<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Publication Date<\/td>\n<td>Dec-76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Publisher<\/td>\n<td>Putnam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Format<\/td>\n<td>Hardcover<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No. of Pages<\/td>\n<td>286<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Language<\/td>\n<td>English<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rating<\/td>\n<td>NotRated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BookID<\/td>\n<td>430<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Wickes | The Amazon of Letters | Synopsis:<\/p>\n<p>Natalie Barney came to Paris from America in 1894, a young woman possessed of beauty, brilliance, wealth. 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