{"id":2030166,"date":"2015-10-16T19:21:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/2015\/10\/16\/secrets-de-maisons-closes-a-book-to-discover\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T02:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:41:16","slug":"secrets-de-maisons-closes-a-book-to-discover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/2015\/10\/16\/secrets-de-maisons-closes-a-book-to-discover\/","title":{"rendered":"Secrets de Maisons Closes, a book to discover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">With the exhibition on the theme of prostitution at the Mus\u00e9e d&#8217;Orsay, why not take a closer look at the secret and little-known world of the Maisons Closes?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">With his book &#8220;Secrets de Maisons Closes&#8221;, Marc Lemonier plunges us into a world as dark as it is fascinating, and retraces for our greatest curiosity the history of these Houses of all pleasures, from Roman times to the present day in certain countries. Through 35 stories and anecdotes, the author invites us to discover the lives of the most famous courtesans and madams. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/s.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153904 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/s.jpg\" alt=\"s\" width=\"274\" height=\"421\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/s.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/s-195x300.jpg 195w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 274px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 274\/421;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">&#8220;Secrets de Maisons Closes&#8221; is a book that&#8217;s hard to put down, so pleasant to read and, above all, so captivating. We discover the world of these Secret Houses through the ages and across the globe, and it&#8217;s truly fascinating. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Secrets-maisons-closes-Marc-Lemonier\/dp\/2842717651\">http:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Secrets-maisons-closes-Marc-Lemonier\/dp\/2842717651<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Secrets of brothels. The black and pink legend of <\/em>  Marc Lemonier<em>  <\/em>At LA MUSARDINE<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Marie Jablonski<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the exhibition on the theme of prostitution at the Mus\u00e9e d&#8217;Orsay, why not take a closer look at the secret and little-known world of the Maisons Closes? 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