Book description
If you ever wondered what Jane Austen's Mr Darcy and his fellows got
up to on their numerous trips to London, here is the book they would
certainly have carried around ...
HARRIS'S LIST OF COVENT GARDEN LADIES was a bestseller in the
Eighteenth Century, shifting 250,000 copoies in an age before mass
consumerism. A 'guide book' published annually at Christmas, it
detailed the names, attributes and 'specialities' of the capital's
prostitutes. During its heyday (1759 -95) HARRIS'S LIST was the
essential accessory for any serious gentleman of pleasure.
Hallie Rubenhold has collected the funniest, rudest and most bizarre
entries penned by Jack Harris, Pimp-General-of-all-England, into this
fascinating and mischievous collection.
Hallie Rubenhold
is a historian and specialist in 18th Century social history. She is
the author of the novel MISTRESS OF MY FATE featuring the courageous
Georgian courtesan, Henrietta Lightfoot, also published by Transworld.
Find out more at www. Hallierubenhold. com and www. henriettalightfoot.
com.
