Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies was a bestseller of the eighteenth century shifting 250,000 copies in an age before mass consumerism. An annual 'guide book', it detailed the names and 'specialities' of the capital's prostitutes. During its heyday (1757-95) Harris's List was the essential accessory for any serious gentleman of pleasure. Yet beyond its titillating passages lay a glimpse into the lives of those who lived and died by the List's profits during the Georgian era. Hallie Rubenhold has collected the funniest, ...
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Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies was a bestseller of the eighteenth century shifting 250,000 copies in an age before mass consumerism. An annual 'guide book', it detailed the names and 'specialities' of the capital's prostitutes. During its heyday (1757-95) Harris's List was the essential accessory for any serious gentleman of pleasure. Yet beyond its titillating passages lay a glimpse into the lives of those who lived and died by the List's profits during the Georgian era. Hallie Rubenhold has collected the funniest, ruddiest and most surreal entries penned by Jack Harris, 'Pimp-General-of-All-England' into this hilarious book.
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A rare and detailed view into the world of Georgian England and the people who scrambled for a living in Covent Garden. Lots of physical details about the time, as well as the cultural trends and realities of London in that period. Three separate life stories are followed, two men and one woman; where they came from, how they wound up in Covent Garden, and how they ended. Their lives intersected marginally as one was a pimp/waiter, one a starving writer, and one a prostitute.
A truly fascinating and unusual look into an important and often overlooked period in London history.
