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Hard Streets
Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin’s LondonWelcome to the hard streets: working-class London in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from the author of Hogarth and Peterloo
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Gainsborough and Reynolds
Jacqueline Riding
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Hard Streets
HARD STREETS is a rich and emotive study of a world now lost that will leave readers stunned' Hallie Rubenhold, author of THE FIVE Charlie Chaplin rose from the hard streets of Victorian London to become one of the most beloved comedians of all time. With his threadbare jacket, baggy trousers and puzzled expression, Chaplin's 'Little Tramp' alter ego was shaped by the city of his childhood - a place of ribald variety shows and hard drinking, radical politics and desperate poverty. In Hard Streets, Jacqueline Riding conjures the lost world of working-class London in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Weaving through Chaplin's iconic rags-to-riches story are the lives of music hall stars, political reformers and George Tinworth, a neighbour of Chaplin's mother and grandparents, who progressed from poor wheelwright to nationally renowned sculptor. Riding paints a striking portrait of a time and place where hardship was the norm, but where talent, determination and luck could bring opportunity and success.
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Hogarth
Life in ProgressA major new biography of one of Britain's best-loved artists.
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Gainsborough's Blue Boy
This richly illustrated publication explores the lasting influence of Gainsborough’s Blue Boy on British art and culture
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Jacobites
A New History of the '45 RebellionThe extraordinary and dramatic history of Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s 1745 campaign to seize the throne of Great Britain
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Mid-Georgian Britain
1740–69Mid-Georgian Britain was a period of elegance and desperation. As the middle and upper classes enjoyed their wealth with various consumer goods, the poor endured debtor's prison and an increasing number of crimes with the death penalty. This title looks at the importance of London as a capital city where the rich and poor rubbed shoulders.
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Peterloo
The Story of the Manchester MassacreThe story of a defining moment in the history of British democracy: the horrific Peterloo massacre of 1819.
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Basic Instincts
Love, Lust and Violence in the Art of Joseph HighmoreHighmore (1692–1780) was much more than just a society painter ... his connection with the Foundling Hospital alerted him to the inequalities and injustices of his time and to the plight of women and children at the mercy of men who always held the keys ... [The ] `Angel of Mercy’ still has the power to shock and, sadly, tells a very modern story.
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Theatre of State
€ 50,49