The Book of the CourtesansBy: Susan Griffin They charmed some of Europes most illustrious men, honing their social skills as well as their sexual ones, and accumulating wealth, fame, and power along the way. Unlike their geisha counterparts, courtesans didn't lived in brothels or bend their wills to suit their suitors. They were the muses who enflamed the hearts of our most celebrated artists Raphael, Manet, Dumas, and Proust, to name just a few as well as becoming artists in