A Woman to Know: Harriette Wilson

I admire and look up to heroes, but indolent men make the best lovers. — Harriette Brown

I admire and look up to heroes, but indolent men make the best lovers. — Harriette Brown

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Harriette knew the power of the written word. As a famous courtesan of Georgian England, her detailed diaries would ultimately prove her greatest weapon.

From the age of 15, Harriette carried on love affairs with the Duke of Wellington, the Earl …