Author: Robert Wynn Jones
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445691361
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
A unique account of old London with all its energy, filth and splendour before the city's destruction by the Great Fire in 1666.
The Flower of All Cities
Author: Robert Wynn Jones
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445691361
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
A unique account of old London with all its energy, filth and splendour before the city's destruction by the Great Fire in 1666.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445691361
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
A unique account of old London with all its energy, filth and splendour before the city's destruction by the Great Fire in 1666.
The Massachusetts Chronicles
Author: Mark Skipworth
Publisher: What on Earth State Chronicles
ISBN: 9781999802806
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Journey through more than 100 key moments with the incredible history of Massachusetts' timeline
Publisher: What on Earth State Chronicles
ISBN: 9781999802806
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Journey through more than 100 key moments with the incredible history of Massachusetts' timeline
The History of Signboards, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Author: Jacob Larwood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
City of Sin
Author: Catharine Arnold
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0857200259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
If Paris is the city of love, then London is the city of lust. For over a thousand years, England's capital has been associated with desire, avarice and the sins of the flesh. Richard of Devises, a monk writing in 1180, warned that 'every quarter [of the city] abounds in great obscenities'. As early as the second century AD, London was notorious for its raucous festivities and disorderly houses, and throughout the centuries the bawdy side of life has taken easy root and flourished. In the third book of her fascinating London trilogy, award-winning popular historian Catharine Arnold turns her gaze to the city's relationship with vice through the ages. From the bath houses and brothels of Roman Londinium, to the stews and Molly houses of the 17thand 18thcenturies, London has always traded in the currency of sex. Whether pornographic publishers on Fleet Street, or fancy courtesans parading in Haymarket, its streets have long been witness to colourful sexual behaviour. In her usual accessible and entertaining style, Arnold takes us on a journey through the fleshpots of London from earliest times to present day. Here are buxom strumpets, louche aristocrats, popinjay politicians and Victorian flagellants - all vying for their place in London's league of licentiousness. From sexual exuberance to moral panic, the city has seen the pendulum swing from Puritanism to hedonism and back again. With latter chapters looking at Victorian London and the sexual underground of the 20thcentury and beyond, this is a fascinating and vibrant chronicle of London at its most raw and ribald.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0857200259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
If Paris is the city of love, then London is the city of lust. For over a thousand years, England's capital has been associated with desire, avarice and the sins of the flesh. Richard of Devises, a monk writing in 1180, warned that 'every quarter [of the city] abounds in great obscenities'. As early as the second century AD, London was notorious for its raucous festivities and disorderly houses, and throughout the centuries the bawdy side of life has taken easy root and flourished. In the third book of her fascinating London trilogy, award-winning popular historian Catharine Arnold turns her gaze to the city's relationship with vice through the ages. From the bath houses and brothels of Roman Londinium, to the stews and Molly houses of the 17thand 18thcenturies, London has always traded in the currency of sex. Whether pornographic publishers on Fleet Street, or fancy courtesans parading in Haymarket, its streets have long been witness to colourful sexual behaviour. In her usual accessible and entertaining style, Arnold takes us on a journey through the fleshpots of London from earliest times to present day. Here are buxom strumpets, louche aristocrats, popinjay politicians and Victorian flagellants - all vying for their place in London's league of licentiousness. From sexual exuberance to moral panic, the city has seen the pendulum swing from Puritanism to hedonism and back again. With latter chapters looking at Victorian London and the sexual underground of the 20thcentury and beyond, this is a fascinating and vibrant chronicle of London at its most raw and ribald.
A Short History of Technology from the Earliest Times to A.D. 1900
Author: Thomas Kingston Derry
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486274721
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 817
Book Description
Highly readable, profusely illustrated survey relates technology to history of every age: food production, metalworking, mining, steam power, transportation, electricity, and much more. 354 black-and-white illustrations. 1961 edition.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486274721
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 817
Book Description
Highly readable, profusely illustrated survey relates technology to history of every age: food production, metalworking, mining, steam power, transportation, electricity, and much more. 354 black-and-white illustrations. 1961 edition.
The Times Atlas of London
Author: Christopher Riches
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 9780007478781
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Times Atlas of London, published by Times Books, maps the story of the capital from its humble beginnings to the megacity it is today.
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 9780007478781
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Times Atlas of London, published by Times Books, maps the story of the capital from its humble beginnings to the megacity it is today.
The Statesman's Year-Book
Author: M. Epstein
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270646
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1517
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270646
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1517
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
The New Penguin History of Scotland
Author: Robert Allan Houston
Publisher: Allan Lane
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Drawing on research from a wide range of disciplines, including archaeology, economics, science, religion and literature, this is a history of Scotland's peopled past from the Neolithic period to the parliment of 2000.
Publisher: Allan Lane
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Drawing on research from a wide range of disciplines, including archaeology, economics, science, religion and literature, this is a history of Scotland's peopled past from the Neolithic period to the parliment of 2000.
London Bodies
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
“The” Quarterly Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description