Georgian London by 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. This title takes you back to the Georgian years, a time that changed expectations of what life could be. It also investigates the legacies they left us in architecture and art, and, science and society.
Jam-packed with unusual insights and facts about Georgian LondonA great read from a talented new historian Independent Inglis writes colourfully and engagingly, and offers plenty of odd facts and amusing vignettes Economist Fun, fast and factual ... Lucy Inglis offers, without breaking stride, a delicious panorama of people, quiddities and oddities Evening Standard Full of neat character portraits and engaging plots Financial Times Read and be amazed by a city you thought you knew -- Jonathan Foyle, World Monuments Fund Inglis has a good ear for the outlandish, the farcical, the bizarre and the macabre. A wonderful popular history of Hanoverian London London Historians Pacy, superbly researched. The real sparkle lies in its relentless cavalcade of insightful anecdotes ... There's much to treasure here Londonist The Georgians had enough scandal and drama going on to fill a dozen tabloid papers. The rather-fit Lucy Inglis crams it all into this startling book which will have you pining for a taste of those debauched days Sunday Sport From the Great Fire in 1666 and the covering of the old 'Ditch' where the Fleet river once ran, to the creation of Westminster Bridge, the British Museum and the National Gallery, Lucy Inglis gives us an entertaining romp through well-known parts of London Who Do You Think You Are? Lucy Inglis leaves no stone unturned, no coffeehouse unvisited and no dark alley unexplored ... a dazzling tapestry of 18th-century London life emerges. Lively, engaging, fascinating, humorous BBC History [An] engaging and industrious survey of life in Georgian London TLS Reading Lucy Inglis's brisk, astringent and highly amusing tour around various quarters of Hanoverian London on Boxing Day is the ideal antidote to the excesses of Christmas and will keep you snugly entertained in your armchair for hours History Today, 'Books of the Year' Teeming with rich and fascinating detail and engaging anecdotes. A glorious, gossipy, gorgeous insight into the streets we walk every day Marylebone Journal Anyone who is interested in history and our great capital city will be gripped by Georgian London. This book is full of enjoyable nuggets Soane Magazine Inglis describes a city that was just beginning to become modern, with all its colourful high and low life Journal of the Islington Archaeology & History Society Lovingly detailed. Covers the full 116-year period in which the London we know today began to take shape Express & Star A perfect introduction to Georgian London Georgian Group
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670920136 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670920134 |
| Title | Georgian London |
| Author | Lucy Inglis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-10-02 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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