Dan Cruickshank
Autore di The Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Wikipedia user Jonathanawhite
Opere di Dan Cruickshank
London's Sinful Secret: The Bawdy History and Very Public Passions of London's Georgian Age (2010) 64 copie
National Trust and the Irish Georgian Society Guide to Georgian Buildings of Britain and Ireland (1985) 26 copie
The lost world of Mitchell & Kenyon — Narratore — 1 copia
The Lost World Of Tibet [DVD] 1 copia
Cruickshank’s London 1 copia
Spitalfields 1 copia
Classicism: theory and practice (Demetri Porphyrios) from: Architects' Journal 12 April 1989 1 copia
Calgary Flames 1 copia
Opere correlate
Brunel: The Man Who Built the World (Phoenix Press) (2005) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 111 copie
Around The World In 80 Treasures [BBC TV series] — Host; Host — 3 copie
Van Japan naar China van samoeraizwaard tot zomerpaleis bij Beijing — Host — 1 copia
Van Peru naar Brazilië van Andes tot christusbeeld in Rio — Host — 1 copia
Van Jordanië naar Ethiopië van Petra naar Afrikaanse rotskerken — Host — 1 copia
Van Oezbekistan naar Syrië van Samarkand tot soeks in Damascus — Host — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1949-08-26
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Spitalfields, London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Spitalfields, London, England, UK
Warsaw, Poland - Attività lavorative
- art historian
television presenter
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 43
- Opere correlate
- 9
- Utenti
- 849
- Popolarità
- #30,131
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 14
- ISBN
- 51
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 1
In many ways prostitution was a way to get around the restrictions placed on a woman if she married in the period, a way for women to retain some of the income they got, but it was hard and most of them die young. There were also those who believed that they could cure the pox by using virginal young children (which is all the wrong, but still perpetuated).
I found it an interesting contrast to some of the regency romances I was reading at the same time and do think that it should be compulsory reading for Regency fiction writers. To know why it wasn't just for show that women took companions with them places, but for serious protection.
It felt a bit bitty and I wanted more from it but I do think it achieved it's purpose, examining how London was a town built by and for sex.… (altro)