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Harris's List of the Covent Garden Ladies Hallie Rubenhold

Harris's List of the Covent Garden Ladies par Hallie Rubenhold

Harris's List of the Covent Garden Ladies Hallie Rubenhold


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Résumé

HARRIS' LIST OF COVENT GARDEN LADIES was a bestseller in the Eighteenth Century, shifting 250,000 copoies in an age before mass consumerism. A guide book published annually at Christmas, it detailed the names, attributes and specialities of the capital's prostitutes. In this book, the author collects the funniest, rudest and most bizarre entries.

Harris's List of the Covent Garden Ladies Résumé

Harris's List of the Covent Garden Ladies Hallie Rubenhold

If you ever wondered what Jane Austen's Mr Darcy and his fellows got up to on their numerous trips to London, here is the book they would certainly have carried around ...HARRIS'S LIST OF COVENT GARDEN LADIES was a bestseller in the Eighteenth Century, shifting 250,000 copoies in an age before mass consumerism. A 'guide book' published annually at Christmas, it detailed the names, attributes and 'specialities' of the capital's prostitutes. During its heyday (1759 -95) HARRIS'S LIST was the essential accessory for any serious gentleman of pleasure. Hallie Rubenhold has collected the funniest, rudest and most bizarre entries penned by Jack Harris, Pimp-General-of-all-England, into this fascinating and mischievous collection.

À propos de Hallie Rubenhold

Hallie Rubenhold is a historian and broadcaster and an authority on womens' lives in the 18th century. She has worked as a curator for the National Portrait Gallery and as a university lecturer. Her first novel, Mistress of My Fate was received with great acclaim and her biography, Lady Worsley's Whim, was made into the hit BBC drama The Scandalous Lady W. She lives in London with her husband. Chat with her on Twitter @HallieRubenhold

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Harris's List of the Covent Garden Ladies Hallie Rubenhold
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Transworld Publishers Ltd
20121108
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