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Georgian London

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Author : Lucy Inglis
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2013-09-05

Georgian London written by Lucy Inglis and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-05 with History categories.

In Georgian London: Into the Streets, Lucy Inglis takes readers on a tour of London's most formative age - the age of love, sex, intellect, art, great ambition and fantastic ruin. Travel back to the Georgian years, a time that changed expectations of what life could be. Peek into the gilded drawing rooms of the aristocracy, walk down the quiet avenues of the new middle class, and crouch in the damp doorways of the poor. But watch your wallet - tourists make perfect prey for the thriving community of hawkers, prostitutes and scavengers. Visit the madhouses of Hackney, the workshops of Soho and the mean streets of Cheapside. Have a coffee in the city, check the stock exchange, and pop into St Paul's to see progress on the new dome. This book is about the Georgians who called London their home, from dukes and artists to rent boys and hot air balloonists meeting dog-nappers and life-models along the way. It investigates the legacies they left us in architecture and art, science and society, and shows the making of the capital millions know and love today. 'Read and be amazed by a city you thought you knew' Jonathan Foyle, World Monuments Fund 'Jam-packed with unusual insights and facts. A great read from a talented new historian' Independent 'Pacy, superbly researched. The real sparkle lies in its relentless cavalcade of insightful anecdotes . . . There's much to treasure here' Londonist 'Inglis has a good ear for the outlandish, the farcical, the bizarre and the macabre. A wonderful popular history of Hanoverian London' London Historians In 2009 Lucy Inglis began blogging on the lesser-known aspects of London during the Eighteenth Century - including food, immigration and sex- at GeorgianLondon.com. She lives in London with her husband. Georgian London is her first book.

The Secret History Of Georgian London

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Author : Dan Cruickshank
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-06-30

The Secret History Of Georgian London written by Dan Cruickshank and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-30 with History categories.

Georgian London evokes images of elegant buildings and fine art, but it was also a city where prostitution was rife, houses of ill repute widespread, and many tens of thousands of people dependent in some way or other on the wages of sin. The sex industry was, in fact, a very powerful force indeed, and in The Secret History of Georgian London, Dan Cruickshank compellingly shows how it came to affect almost every aspect of life and culture in the capital. Examining the nature of the sex trade, he offers a tantalising insight into the impact of prostitution to give us vivid portraits of some of the women who became involved in its world. And he discusses the very varied attitudes of contemporaries - those who sympathised, those who indulged, and those who condemned. As he powerfully argues, these women, and many thousands like them, not only shaped eighteenth-century London, they also helped determine its future development.

The Town House In Georgian London

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Author : Rachel Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre
Release Date : 2009

The Town House In Georgian London written by Rachel Stewart and has been published by Paul Mellon Centre this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Architecture categories.

This title takes a fresh look at a familiar building type - the town house in 18th century London - and investigates the circumstances in which individuals made decisions about living in London, and particularly about their West End house.

A Hundred Years Of Georgian London From The Accession Of George I To The Heyday Of The Regency

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Author : Douglas Hill
language : en
Publisher: Hastings House Book Publishers
Release Date : 1971

A Hundred Years Of Georgian London From The Accession Of George I To The Heyday Of The Regency written by Douglas Hill and has been published by Hastings House Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with London (England) categories.

Georgian London

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Author : John Summerson
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2003

Georgian London written by John Summerson and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Architecture categories.

In this classic of English architectural history, John Summerson provides an account of a major building period in the history of London. Encompassing the architecture of the capital from the Great Fire of 1666 through the city's early-19th-century expansion, it explores the genesis and development of Georgian London. Summerson examines the way in which building was conditioned by social, economic and financial circumstances and discusses some of Britain's most important buildings and their architects.

Georgian London

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Author : John Summerson
language : en
Publisher: Century
Release Date : 1988

Georgian London written by John Summerson and has been published by Century this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with History categories.

The Georgian London Town House

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Author : Kate Retford
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2019-03-07

The Georgian London Town House written by Kate Retford and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-07 with Art categories.

For every great country house of the Georgian period, there was usually also a town house. Chatsworth, for example, the home of the Devonshires, has officially been recognised as one of the country's favourite national treasures - but most of its visitors know little of Devonshire House, which the family once owned in the capital. In part, this is because town houses were often leased, rather than being passed down through generations as country estates were. But, most crucially, many London town houses, including Devonshire House, no longer exist, having been demolished in the early twentieth century. This book seeks to place centre-stage the hugely important yet hitherto overlooked town houses of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, exploring the prime position they once occupied in the lives of families and the nation as a whole. It explores the owners, how they furnished and used these properties, and how their houses were judged by the various types of visitor who gained access.