Georgian London : into the streets
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Georgian London : into the streets
AUTHOR:
Inglis, Lucy
ISBN:
9780670920136
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Viking, 2013
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xiv, 386 p., 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
ABSTRACT:
Takes readers on a tour of London's most formative age - the age of love, sex, intellect, art, great ambition and fantastic ruin. This title takes you back to the Georgian years, a time that changed expectations of what life could be. It also investigates the legacies they left us in architecture and art, and, science and society.
SUBJECT:
| London (England) -- History -- 18th century |
| London (England) -- History -- 1800-1950 |
| London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century |
| London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century |
BIBSUMMARY:
Takes readers on a tour of London's most formative age - the age of love, sex, intellect, art, great ambition and fantastic ruin. This title takes you back to the Georgian years, a time that changed expectations of what life could be. It also investigates the legacies they left us in architecture and art, and, science and society.