The Covent Garden Ladies

The Covent Garden Ladies

by Hallie Rubenhold
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 08/11/2012

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From the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling and prizewinning author of THE FIVE

'A fascinating expose of the seamy side of eighteenth century life'
MAIL ON SUNDAY

'Rubenhold's pages practically reek with smelly, pox-ridden Georgian Soho' GUARDIAN

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In 1757, a down-and-out Irish poet, the head waiter at the Shakespear's Head Tavern in Covent Garden, and a celebrated London courtesan became bound together by the publication of a little book: Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies. This salacious work - detailing the names and 'specialities' of the capital's sex-workers- became one of the eighteenth century's most scandalous bestsellers.


Yet beyond its titillating passages lies a glimpse into the lives of those who lived and died by its profits - a tragicomic opera of the Georgian era, motivated by poverty, passionate love, aspiration and shame.


In this modern and visceral narrative, historian Hallie Rubenhold reveals the story behind Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies, and the legion of ordinary women whose lives in the sex trade history has chosen to ignore.

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'Scrupulously researched' DAILY TELEGRAPH


'Crackles with drama and tension' GUARDIAN


**'Compelling and ingenious' INDEPENDENT


WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:


*****'Brilliant. Full of intelligent insight which brings this period to vibrant life'

*****'A wonderful insight into sheer survival of women during this period'

*****'A fascinating, breath-taking journey back in time'

ISBN:
9781448153916
9781448153916
Category:
Social & cultural history
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
08-11-2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
Transworld
Hallie Rubenhold

Hallie Rubenhold is a social historian and an authority on women's lives of the past. She has worked as a curator for the National Portrait Gallery and as a university lecturer. Her books include Lady Worsley's Whim, dramatized by the BBC as The Scandalous Lady W, and Covent Garden Ladies: The Extraordinary Story of Harris's List, which inspired the ITV series Harlots. She lives in London with her husband.

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