The Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital - Hardcover

Cruickshank, Dan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847945376 ISBN 13: 9781847945372

Publisher: Random House Books, 2009

Synopsis

A world of riches and glamour, but also tragedy, abuse and disease, this book looks at how this influenced building and the arts in London.

About this title

About the Author:

Dan Cruickshank is an architectural historian and television presenter. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a member of the Executive Committee of the Georgian Group, and on the Architectural Panel of the National Trust. His recent work includes the television programmes and accompanying books Around the World in 80 Treasures (2005) and Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture (2008). He lives in Spitalfields, London.

Review:

"Belle de Jour for the 18th century. Funny, fantastical, full of impossible facts and scandalous stories. Scholarly, but also the ideal stocking (and suspender) filler" -- Jeanette Winterson Guardian "I heartily recommend this scholarly romp through the bordellos, inns and prisons of Henry Fielding's and John Wilkes's London" -- A.N. Wilson Reader's Digest "Fascinating ... Cruickshank removes the bland facade to expose one of London's biggest and most lively industries - its trade in sex ... a lively and scholarly panorama of Georgian London before the sex trade was chased underground by the Victorians and we all became prudish instead" Daily Mail "This is a colossal melting pot of a book: ambitious, rigorously researched, vigorously narrated and marvellously illustrated. All of life is here, but not as we know it" Sunday Times "The author paints an illuminating, eye-opening and generous account of the capital's courtesans, harlots, bath-houses and brothels. A book to read by the light of a flickering candle" -- Nigel Slater Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1847945376
• ISBN 13: 9781847945372
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 688