Ebook: In Bed with the Georgians
Author: Rendell Mike
- Tags: Sex, Sex--Great Britain--History--18th century, Sex-oriented businesses, Sex-oriented businesses--Great Britain--History--18th century, History, Sex -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century, Sex-oriented businesses -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century, Great Britain
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Pen & Sword History
- City: Great Britain
- Language: English
- epub
In Bed with the Georgians provides a fascinating insight into life under the bed-clothes in Georgian England, where the Madams and pimps were able to thrive in the eighteenth century like never before. It looks at high-class seraglios as well as the brothels, jelly-houses and bagnios which flourished openly, especially in the area around Covent Garden. It looks at courtesans from the highest echelons of society, the kept women, the sex-workers in 'houses of pleasure', down through to the street walkers and common whores. It shows the way that the sex scene was portrayed in contemporary letters and press reports, and focuses on royal scandals, aristocratic shenanigans and immoral behaviour. The book looks at the role of Grub Street, the growth of celebrity status, and the way courtesans occupied a demi-monde of great popularity, with their enormous wealth and conspicuous spending. In particular it looks at the way that caricaturists, such as Gillray, Rowlandson, Newton,...
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