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Georgian London: Into the Streets Kindle Edition

by Lucy Inglis (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 409 ratings
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In Georgian London: Into the Streets, Lucy Inglis takes readers on a tour of London's most formative age - the age of love, sex, intellect, art, great ambition and fantastic ruin.

Travel back to the Georgian years, a time that changed expectations of what life could be. Peek into the gilded drawing rooms of the aristocracy, walk down the quiet avenues of the new middle class, and crouch in the damp doorways of the poor. But watch your wallet - tourists make perfect prey for the thriving community of hawkers, prostitutes and scavengers.

Visit the madhouses of Hackney, the workshops of Soho and the mean streets of Cheapside. Have a coffee in the city, check the stock exchange, and pop into St Paul's to see progress on the new dome.

This book is about the Georgians who called London their home, from dukes and artists to rent boys and hot air balloonists meeting dog-nappers and life-models along the way. It investigates the legacies they left us in architecture and art, science and society, and shows the making of the capital millions know and love today.

'Read and be amazed by a city you thought you knew' Jonathan Foyle, World Monuments Fund

'Jam-packed with unusual insights and facts. A great read from a talented new historian' Independent

'Pacy, superbly researched. The real sparkle lies in its relentless cavalcade of insightful anecdotes . . . There's much to treasure here' Londonist

'Inglis has a good ear for the outlandish, the farcical, the bizarre and the macabre. A wonderful popular history of Hanoverian London' London Historians

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"Pacy, superbly researched. The real sparkle lies in its relentless cavalcade of insightful anecdotes . . . There's much to treasure here."  —Londonist

"Inglis has a good ear for the outlandish, the farcical, the bizarre and the macabre. A wonderful popular history of Hanoverian London."  —London Historians

"Read and be amazed by a city you thought you knew."  —Jonathan Foyle, World Monuments Fund

"Jam-packed with unusual insights and facts. A great read from a talented new historian."  —Independent

About the Author

Lucy Inglis began blogging in 2009 on the lesser-known aspects of London during the 18th Century—including food, immigration, and sex—at GeorgianLondon.com.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CBO0BKM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin (September 5, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 5, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 10250 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 419 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 409 ratings

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Customers find the book very well researched, entertaining, and readable. They also say the style is learned and entertaining.

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Customers find the book very well researched and an excellent resource for authors writing in this time period. They also say the author knows her subject exceptionally well.

"...This is the perfect book for what I needed! The author really knows her stuff!" Read more

"...The range of detail and information is astounding, and it is presented with a delightful style...." Read more

"This book seems very well researched and takes the reader through all the various sections of London in the Georgian age...." Read more

"...Could do with more illustrations but priced modestly. Lucy knows her subject exceptionally well and most readers will find her style both learned..." Read more

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Customers find the style of the book both learned and entertaining.

"Overall I'd give this a 3.5. It was quite interesting, my complaint is it's very disjointed...." Read more

"...exceptionally well and most readers will find her style both learned and entertaining.Thank you" Read more

"Wonderfully entertaining history. Makes me look at London in all new ways now." Read more

"Very readable and amusing. I'm an old London hand - thought I knew all about London. Learned any number of new and interesting things." Read more

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Customers find the book very readable.

"Lovely Location book that's easy to read.And there are pictures." Read more

"This book is a great read if you are fascinated with Georgian England. Well researched, packed with a lot of information and very readable." Read more

"Very readable and amusing. I'm an old London hand - thought I knew all about London. Learned any number of new and interesting things." Read more

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Top reviews from the United States

Gardener1
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for authors (like me) writing in this time period
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2022
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I am working on a book of historical fiction set in 1760's London. I need a good reference guide to get me up to speed on the daily interactions people would have in the streets. This is the perfect book for what I needed! The author really knows her stuff!
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Noel G. Rooks
3.0 out of 5 stars Scattered
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2018
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Overall I'd give this a 3.5. It was quite interesting, my complaint is it's very disjointed. It's meant to give a history of each area of London, but often you get only one sentence about an interesting fact and then you're off to another piece of trivia with no segue? My understanding is that this began life as a series of articles rather than a book. It shows. An avalanche of names and dates and places needing more to the it together. I read this for the #nonfichistoryclub January pick. I'm glad I did, but I wanted more.
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Shannon Donnelly
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent research and a smooth, easy read
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2013
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Quite often with non-fiction the material can be a jumble, or the material can be great, but the writing is lacking. Lucy Inglis managed to avoid all the pitfalls with a terrific voice and a love of her work that shines through in every sentence. The range of detail and information is astounding, and it is presented with a delightful style. This is a must for any lover of London, or of the Georgian era.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun -- London's hidden history
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2020
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London's neighborhoods come alive in this feisty, fetching book. I loved it. Open any page, and you come across some sparkling little factoid about an area of London.
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Miss Lizzy 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars Time Travel to Georgian London
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2013
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This book seems very well researched and takes the reader through all the various sections of London in the Georgian age. We see how different areas grew and changed during this time. She also gives us some idea of the lives of the people in each area. A very good resource if you like the time period.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Informative and amusing!
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2017
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Amusing and well informed text.Could do with more illustrations but priced modestly. Lucy knows her subject exceptionally well and most readers will find her style both learned and entertaining.Thank you
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Mar. Far.
5.0 out of 5 stars Read before you go to London
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2019
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Lovely Location book that's easy to read.
And there are pictures.
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Sophia D-H
3.0 out of 5 stars Reads more like a blog than a book
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2018
I love London and have read a fair number of books on the city during specific time periods. I picked this one up at the Sir John Soane Museum when I visited in November. According to the introduction it started as a blog, a forum for the author to post the interesting stories that she found in the course of her research about the city of London during the Georgian period. She was interested in the stories of regular people rather than the well-known. I had a difficult time getting into it, despite my interest in the topic. It is organized by area – i.e. Spitalfields, Smithfield, Kensington, etc. It reads more like a blog than a book at first – like a bunch of stories strung together without a lot of linkage other than the topic. I’m not sure if I simply got used to her way of writing or if the stories link better further into the book. It is well researched, and the stories are interesting. I did enjoy it, but I think there are better books out there on this topic.
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Madeleine McLaughlin
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
Reviewed in Canada on November 4, 2022
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This well researched book will tell you a lot about Georgian London. Full of wonderful stories that make the era come alive, this is a history that should not be missed by students of the past.
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Janinspain
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2022
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Love this book. Lucy has done so much research and writes in an engaging way. My husband must have been fed up with me saying ‘well I didn’t know that’ and regaling him with odd facts.
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Pierre Gauthier
3.0 out of 5 stars Unpolished!
Reviewed in Canada on April 19, 2021
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This book presents a wide array of information regarding occurrences and people in Georgian London i.e., between 1714 and 1830. It touches on urban development and historical events but mainly on specific individuals and their peculiarities. The narrative is organized geographically with sections on the City, Westminster and St James’s, Soho, Covent Garden and the Strand, etc.

The reader can only trust the author regarding the validity of the collection of detailed elements conveyed. The whole book’s credibility may be questioned however when reading that “Britain had ceded substantial foreign territories to end the Seven Years War” (page 101) when it actually gained Canada, Louisiana and Florida and was confirmed as the world’s dominant naval power following that conflict. Also, many may find that the writing is insufficiently fluid, resembling very often a collage of stories gathered from multiple sources. There are many abrupt transitions, for instance between the Gordon riots and the physical state of the Palace of Westminster, as well as irritating repetitions, sometimes only two pages apart.

Worse, the lay-out is antiquated with black and white illustrations appearing here and there in the text and others grouped together in two unpaginated sections about one third and two thirds of the way into the book. This is a shame since the material conveyed calls for a close connection between visuals and the printed words.

Consequently, over time, some may find the book somewhat of a tedious hodgepodge of fluctuating pertinence. It may thus be recommended only to those with a very strong interest in the history of London.
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Mary Ann
4.0 out of 5 stars Informative
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 23, 2016
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This is a very intriguing book. As a matter of fact, it wasn't exactly what I was looking for, as it doesn't specify, for instance, the names of streets where a fair sized proportion of the population of London would have lived - the middle class aspiring traders, plus the persons from further up the social scale in reduced circumstances. I needed this facts for research.
However, for those who wish for intriguing snippets of information, this is an interesting read. It is full of unusual details and absorbing anecdotes, and written in an easy-to-read style that would appeal to most. It is also interesting to read something about people lower down on the social scale than the upper class and upper middle classes.
I did try and contact the author on her website to enquire if her book revealed street names and areas patronised by different social classes, but was unable to find a way.
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Kenneth Ward
5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT!
Reviewed in Canada on May 7, 2020
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...Marvellous anecdotal records of the common men and women during the Hanoverian reigns. Most riveting!
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