Dan Cruickshank
Teoksen The Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital tekijä
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The Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital (2009) 135 kappaletta
London's Sinful Secret: The Bawdy History and Very Public Passions of London's Georgian Age (2010) 64 kappaletta
National Trust and the Irish Georgian Society Guide to Georgian Buildings of Britain and Ireland (1985) 26 kappaletta
The lost world of Mitchell & Kenyon — Kertoja — 1 kappale
Cruickshank’s London 1 kappale
Spitalfields 1 kappale
Classicism: theory and practice (Demetri Porphyrios) from: Architects' Journal 12 April 1989 1 kappale
Majesty & Mortar BBC {2014} 3 episodes 1 kappale
Calgary Flames 1 kappale
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- Syntymäaika
- 1949-08-26
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- Spitalfields, London, England, UK
- Asuinpaikat
- Spitalfields, London, England, UK
Warsaw, Poland - Ammatit
- art historian
television presenter
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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.… (lisätietoja)