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The Covent Garden Ladies tells the story of Samuel Derrick, Jack Harris, and Charlotte Hayes, whose complicated and colourful lives were brought together by the publication of Harris's List, an infamous guidebook of prostitutes which detailed addresses, physical characteristics, and "specialties." The true history of the book is a tragicomedy motivated by poverty, passionate love, aspiration, and shame. Its telling plunges the listener down the dark alleys of eighteenth-century London's underworld, a realm populated by tavern owners, pimps, punters, card sharps, and of course, a colourful range of prostitutes and brothel-keepers.
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The Covent Garden Ladies, Hallie Rubenhold
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- Released
- 2020
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- Title
- The Covent Garden Ladies
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Hallie Rubenhold
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN10
- 1784165956
- ISBN13
- 9781784165956
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Women, Feminism, Women's Biographies
- Original title
- The Covent Garden ladies
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- The Covent Garden Ladies tells the story of Samuel Derrick, Jack Harris, and Charlotte Hayes, whose complicated and colourful lives were brought together by the publication of Harris's List, an infamous guidebook of prostitutes which detailed addresses, physical characteristics, and "specialties." The true history of the book is a tragicomedy motivated by poverty, passionate love, aspiration, and shame. Its telling plunges the listener down the dark alleys of eighteenth-century London's underworld, a realm populated by tavern owners, pimps, punters, card sharps, and of course, a colourful range of prostitutes and brothel-keepers.