London S Sinful Secret

Author : Dan Cruickshank
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1429919566

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London's Sinful Secret by Dan Cruickshank Pdf

Georgian London evokes images of elegant mannered buildings, but it was also a city where prostitution was rife and houses of ill repute widespread in a sex trade that employed thousands. In London's Sinful Secret, Dan Cruickshank explores this erotic Georgian underworld and shows how it affected almost every aspect of life and culture in the city from the smart new streets that sprang up in Marylebone, to the squalid alleys around Charing Cross to the coffee houses, where prostitutes plied their trade, to the work of artists such as William Hogarth and Joshua Reynolds. Cruickshank uses memoirs, newspaper accounts and court records to create a surprisingly bawdy portrait of London at its most-mannered and, for the first time, exposes its secret, sinful underside. "A lively work of social history, full of surprises and memorable characters." - Kirkus Reviews

Author : Thea Devine
Publisher : Zebra Books
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 082175372X

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Sinful Secrets by Thea Devine Pdf

Victorian London is a place of propriety and promiscuity, virgins and voluptuaries, ladies and libertines. It is a time of backstairs liaisons, taboo passions, sex and secrets. Where every wanton pleasure can be had--for a price. Thea Devine "blends the heated sensuality of the finest Victorian erotic novels with the suspense and chilling aura of an Anne Rice tale. . . ".--"Romantic Times".

Author : Amanda McCabe
Publisher : Oliver-Heber books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Two Sinful Secrets by Amanda McCabe Pdf

A hundred years has passed since the bitter rivalry between the St. Claires and the Huntingtons began. But in London, the feud goes on . .. Lady Sophia Huntington isn't what she appears to be. Born into a noble family, the impulsive, wild-hearted beauty has fallen on difficult times. Banished from her home, Sophia dreams of the day she can finally win her father's forgiveness and return to London. Until the sudden appearance of a suitor from the scandalous St. Claire family threatens to reveal her darkest secrets . . . Dominic St. Claire vows to exact revenge upon the Huntingtons, who destroyed his family's fortune generations ago. His perfect target is the lovely but proud Lady Sophia. After using her to discover the Huntingtons' financial secrets, he will cause a great scandal by eloping-and then abandoning his bride. But his plot soon unravels when he finds his own heart ensnared-in a trap not of his own making.

Author : C. Brad Faught
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781612341699

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Clive by C. Brad Faught Pdf

The teenage clerk who led an army and founded British India

Author : Henry M Wallace
Publisher : Universitas Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781988963136

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Goody Two-Shoes and other 18th-century British stories by Henry M Wallace Pdf

Short stories, as this anthology demonstrates, can help just as much, if not more, than novels and poems, to get a sense of the 18th century. They feature the same adventures of the body, the mind, or the soul that one finds in Robinson Crusoe, Pamela, or Tristram Shandy. The first collection of its kind: forty-seven 18th-century British short stories, some of which have never before been anthologized, in an annotated and illustrated edition.

Author : Laurel McKee
Publisher : Forever
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 145550548X

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Two Sinful Secrets by Laurel McKee Pdf

A hundred years has passed since the bitter rivalry between the St. Claires and the Huntingtons began. But in London, the feud goes on . .. Lady Sophia Huntington isn't what she appears to be. Born into a noble family, the impulsive, wild-hearted beauty has fallen on difficult times. Banished from her home, Sophia dreams of the day she can finally win her father's forgiveness and return to London. Until the sudden appearance of a suitor from the scandalous St. Claire family threatens to reveal her darkest secrets . . . Dominic St. Claire vows to exact revenge upon the Huntingtons, who destroyed his family's fortune generations ago. His perfect target is the lovely but proud Lady Sophia. After using her to discover the Huntingtons' financial secrets, he will cause a great scandal by eloping-and then abandoning his bride. But his plot soon unravels when he finds his own heart ensnared-in a trap not of his own making.

Author : Brian P. Levack
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136537998

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Demonology, Religion, and Witchcraft by Brian P. Levack Pdf

Witchcraft and magical beliefs have captivated historians and artists for millennia, and stimulated an extraordinary amount of research among scholars in a wide range of disciplines. This new collection, from the editor of the highly acclaimed 1992 set, Articles on Witchcraft, Magic, and Demonology , extends the earlier volumes by bringing together the most important articles of the past twenty years and covering the profound changes in scholarly perspective over the past two decades. Featuring thematically organized papers from a broad spectrum of publications, the volumes in this set encompass the key issues and approaches to witchcraft research in fields such as gender studies, anthropology, sociology, literature, history, psychology, and law. This new collection provides students and researchers with an invaluable resource, comprising the most important and influential discussions on this topic. A useful introductory essay written by the editor precedes each volume.

Author : Nicole von Germeten
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520297296

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Profit and Passion by Nicole von Germeten Pdf

"This book recounts four centuries of the history of women labeled public women, whores, and prostitutes in New Spain's archival records and works of literature from Spain and Mexico. Performing conventional gender roles, women resisted the archival inscription of these labels, so this complex story of multi-layered viceregal sex work acknowledges the ambiguities and limitations of documenting the history of sexuality via written sources. The elusive, ever-changing terminology for prosecuted women in the early modern Iberian world, voiced by kings, jurists, magistrates, inquisitors, and bishops, as well as disgruntled husbands and neighbors, foreshadows the increasing regulation, criminalization, and polarizing politics of modern global transactional sex. Key themes include: the history of the word "prostitute/prostitution," narratives presented by women in a court setting, the creation of a victim narrative by defendants and prosecutors, legal history, and the importance of the economic and familial context in shaping sexual transactionality. Sources used come from the archives of police, church, and inquisitorial investigations. Interpretations are shaped by archival and sex work activism theories"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Sax Rohmer
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Sins of S?verac Bablon by Sax Rohmer Pdf

The Sins of Severac Bablon by Sax Rohmer: Immerse yourself in a thrilling tale of mystery and intrigue set in the exotic backdrop of the East, as a captivating femme fatale, a cursed artifact, and a web of secrets converge, leading to a suspenseful and unpredictable climax. Key points: Intriguing mystery infused with elements of Eastern mysticism and allure. Tension-filled narrative with a captivating femme fatale at its center. Recommended for readers who enjoy atmospheric mysteries with a touch of exoticism. The Sins of Severac Bablon by Sax Rohmer: Delve into the dark and mysterious world of the occult in this spine-tingling novel from Sax Rohmer. Follow the thrilling journey of an investigator as he attempts to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Severac Bablon and its sinister cult followers.

Author : Gilbert Burnet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Reformation
ISBN : HARVARD:32044010594141

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The History of the Reformation of the Church of England: A collection of records, letters, and original papers, with other instruments referred to in the first [and second] part[s] ... [Appendices] concerning some of the errors and falsehoods in Sanders' book of the English schism by Gilbert Burnet Pdf

Author : Gilbert Burnet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1820
Category : Reformation
ISBN : UCAL:B3111601

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Bishop Burnet's History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet Pdf

Author : Jaishree Misra
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007352326

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Secrets and Sins by Jaishree Misra Pdf

Be careful what you wish for... For fans of Eat, Pray and Love as well as the authors Freya North, Elizabeth Noble and Jane Green.

Author : Christopher Tilley
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781787355606

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London’s Urban Landscape by Christopher Tilley Pdf

London’s Urban Landscape is the first major study of a global city to adopt a materialist perspective and stress the significance of place and the built environment to the urban landscape. Edited by Christopher Tilley, the volume is inspired by phenomenological thinking and presents fine-grained ethnographies of the practices of everyday life in London. In doing so, it charts a unique perspective on the city that integrates ethnographies of daily life with an analysis of material culture. The first part of the volume considers the residential sphere of urban life, discussing in detailed case studies ordinary residential streets, housing estates, suburbia and London’s mobile ‘linear village’ of houseboats. The second part analyses the public sphere, including ethnographies of markets, a park, the social rhythms of a taxi rank, and graffiti and street art. London’s Urban Landscape returns us to the everyday lives of people and the manner in which they understand their lives. The deeply sensuous character of the embodied experience of the city is invoked in the thick descriptions of entangled relationships between people and places, and the paths of movement between them. What stories do door bells and house facades tell us about contemporary life in a Victorian terrace? How do antiques acquire value and significance in a market? How does living in a concrete megastructure relate to the lives of the people who dwell there? These and a host of other questions are addressed in this fascinating book that will appeal widely to all readers interested in London or contemporary urban life.

Author : Jeffrey Watt
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501732614

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From Sin to Insanity by Jeffrey Watt Pdf

In the broadest treatment yet of suicide in Europe during the period 1500–1800, 11 authors combine elements of social, cultural, legal, and intellectual history to trace important changes in the ways Europeans experienced and understood voluntary death. Well into the seventeenth century, Europeans viewed suicide as a terrible crime and an unforgivable sin resulting from demonic temptation. By the late eighteenth century, however, suicide was rarely subject to judicial penalties, and society tended to blame self-inflicted death on insanity rather than on the devil. From Sin to Insanity shows that early modern Europe witnessed nothing less than the birth of modern suicide: increasing in frequency, self-inflicted death became decriminalized, secularized, and medicalized, viewed as a regrettable but not shameful result of reversals in fortune or physical or mental infirmity. The ten chapters focus on suicide cases and attitudes toward self-murder from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth centuries in geographical settings as diverse as Scandinavia and Hungary, France and Germany, England and Switzerland, Spain and the Netherlands.

Author : Pamela K. Gilbert
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0791455017

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Imagined Londons by Pamela K. Gilbert Pdf

Imagined Londons explores the diverse ways that Britain's "global city" has been imagined and represented in literature, history, the arts, and popular culture, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. American and British contributors examine a variety of topics, ranging from poetry to architecture, from dance music to gay pornography, from "tube" maps to the role of Bangladeshi communities in shaping contemporary London politics. Broadly interdisciplinary and deeply attentive to London's historical diversity, the book is unified by its attention to a single question: How have the many imaginations and representations of London shaped -- and been shaped by -- history and culture? The answers provided within this volume offer the chance to view London in surprising new ways.