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NPI MG, 2006. In 1757, a down-and-out Irish poet, the head-waiter of Covent Garden's Shakespeare's Head Tavern, and a celebrated London courtesan became bound together by the publication of a little book: Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies. This salacious publication detailing the names and 'specialities' of the capital's prostitutes eventually became one of the eighteenth century's most successful and scandalous literary works, selling over a quarter of a million copies. During its heyday (1757-95) Harris's List was the essential accessory for any serious gentleman of pleasure. With a novelist's flair Hallie Rubenhold narrates the background of her three subjects and their inter-weaving. Her style is so gripping that I quickly became involved in the progress of their lives and their eventual fates.The rich seamy tapestry of the profligacy and degredation of 18th century London, in particular Covent Garden the main centre of it's vice trade, is carefully presented with fascinating insights into such subjects as imprisonment in the Fleet for debt, life as a hack writer and the lawlessness of the taverns and coffee houses. The lives and fates of the women of the List is a sober re

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Author

Rubenhold Hallie.

Publisher

Transworld Publishers Limited

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781448153916

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24