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London Life in the Eighteenth Century
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About the BookFrom the disease-infected rookeries and teeming vice-ridden streets to the sweatshops, coffee houses and spacious parks, George's recreation of a capital city in a dirty, brutal––but also elegant––age has never been surpassed. Both a social history and an impeccably documented reference work, her book chronicles the change in social attitudes between 1700 and 1800, which left London cleaner, healthier and more ordered. Reviews". . . imparts a shuddering impression of the brutalised life led by the masses under the first two Georges."––The Observer "Literary skill and historical scholarship ably blended, make the reading of this volume a delight."––The American Historical Review |
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