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City of Laughter - Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-century London by Vic Gatrell
Category: History
This is the most significant work of British history of the decade so far, now in trade paperback.
Conspiracy on Cato Street: A Tale of Liberty and Revolution in Regency London by Vic Gatrell
Category: History
Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, and a Daily Telegraph and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year. On the night of 23 February 1820, twenty-five impoverished craftsmen assembled in an obscure stable in Cato Street, London, with a plan to massacre the whole British cabinet at its monthly dinner. The ...Show more
Conspiracy on Cato Street: A Tale of Liberty and Revolution in Regency London by Vic Gatrell
Category: History
On the night of 23 February 1820, twenty-five impoverished craftsmen assembled in an obscure stable in Cato Street, London, with a plan to massacre the whole British cabinet at its monthly dinner. The Cato Street Conspiracy was the most sensational of all plots aimed at the British state since Guy Fawke ...Show more
The First Bohemians - Life and Art in London's Golden Age by Vic Gatrell
Category: History
This is the colourful, salacious and sumptuously illustrated story of Covent Garden - the creative heart of Georgian London - from Wolfson Prize-winning author Vic Gatrell. "I then sallied forth to the Piazzas in rich flow of animal spirits and burning with fierce desire...I was quite raised, as the phr ...Show more
The First Bohemians: Life and Art in London's Golden Age by Vic Gatrell
Category: History
This is the colourful, salacious and sumptuously illustrated story of Covent Garden - the creative heart of Georgian London - from Wolfson Prize-winning author Vic Gatrell. It is shortlisted for the hessell tiltman prize 2014. In the teeming, disordered, and sexually charged square half-mile centred on ...Show more
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