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Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 305
EAN: 9780143034223
ISBN: 0143034227
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: October 26, 2004
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Release Date: October 26, 2004
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Editorial Review:
In this road map to restoring feminine sexual power, Betsy Prioleau introduces and analyzes the stories and stratagems of historys greatest seductresses. These are the women who ravished the worldfrom such classic figures as Cleopatra and Mae West to such lesser-known women as the infamous Violet Gordon Woodhouse, who lived in a ménage with four men. Smarts, imagination, courage, and killer charm helped these love maestras claim the men of their choice and keep them fascinated for life. Through an exposé of their secrets, Seductress provides an authoritative, empowering guide to erotic sovereignty.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - This Book is Awsome! BUY IT!
This book compiles famous seductresses through out history who got the men they wanted and much more. Some of these women were bitches plain and simple, but alot them just wanted more out of life then what society said they could have.
You may read a opinion on here that says "the wanted power not love." The fact is they wanted both. They thought very higly of them selves and wanted to be treated equally, alot of the men they met didn't like that idea so they were permently appalled ... Read More
Rating:  - Couldn't make it through
Even though I was excited to read this book and fascinated by the subject matter, I just couldn't slog through it. Prioleau should have written either: 1) an academic study of the seductress as mythological figure and icon in history, or 2) a light, fun, flippant, sexy book for modern women about the art and history of seductresses. What she's doing instead is trying to merge the two, and it's awful. Her tone is saucy and sassy, but the sorts of comparisons she's making are more suited to an academic, ... Read More
Rating: - Joy, High Self Esteem, Confidentence, Abundance
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These women grabbed the world by the balls and had their way with it.
I think the reviewers who slam this book can't stand to see a powerful woman.
I love powerful women.
Bravo Betsy Prioleau
Rating: - Awesome and empowering!
I think what many of the previous reviewers found offensive was that the author turned the sexual double standard on its head; the old "promiscuous men are studs and pimps, promiscuous women are slut and whores" axiom. In this book, promiscuous women who enjoyed sex and didn't allow men to objectify them are the real and ultimate pimps, the studs. These women took on the male role of sexual conquerer and they are seen in a positive light for it. Although I personally can't imagine this being a satisfying ... Read More
Rating: - And the point was...?
I was excited to read the book because it talked about even how unattractive or intelligent women can be seductresses. However, all the author talked about was how the various artists, intellectuals, and adventurers used sex to get what they wanted from men. Basically, the author reduces women to physical beings and tries to justify this treatment by comparing the women in her book to the Sumerian goddess, Inanna. There was no everlasting love for these women, a myth if there ever was one. And then Prioleau ... Read More
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