Dan Cruickshank
Auteur de The Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital
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Œuvres de Dan Cruickshank
The Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital (2009) 135 exemplaires
London's Sinful Secret: The Bawdy History and Very Public Passions of London's Georgian Age (2010) 64 exemplaires
National Trust and the Irish Georgian Society Guide to Georgian Buildings of Britain and Ireland (1985) 26 exemplaires
The lost world of Mitchell & Kenyon — Narrateur — 1 exemplaire
Cruickshank’s London 1 exemplaire
Spitalfields 1 exemplaire
Twentieth century Renaissance (Quinlan Terry) from Architects' Journal 14 December 1983 1 exemplaire
Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture [DVD] 1 exemplaire
Dan Cruickshank and the Family that Built Gothic Britain BBC {2014} Sir George Gilbert Scott, Jr, Giles 1 exemplaire
Immersed in History in Bath - Huntingdon Chapel 1 exemplaire
Classicism: theory and practice (Demetri Porphyrios) from: Architects' Journal 12 April 1989 1 exemplaire
Elegant Surroundings - 18th century doorcases 1 exemplaire
Jewel in the Crown (Villa Saraceno - Landmark Trust) 1 exemplaire
Majesty & Mortar BBC {2014} 3 episodes 1 exemplaire
Calgary Flames 1 exemplaire
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Van Oezbekistan naar Syrië van Samarkand tot soeks in Damascus — Host — 1 exemplaire
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- Date de naissance
- 1949-08-26
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Spitalfields, London, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Spitalfields, London, England, UK
Warsaw, Poland - Professions
- art historian
television presenter
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In many ways prostitution was a way to get around the restrictions placed on a woman if she married in the period, a way for women to retain some of the income they got, but it was hard and most of them die young. There were also those who believed that they could cure the pox by using virginal young children (which is all the wrong, but still perpetuated).
I found it an interesting contrast to some of the regency romances I was reading at the same time and do think that it should be compulsory reading for Regency fiction writers. To know why it wasn't just for show that women took companions with them places, but for serious protection.
It felt a bit bitty and I wanted more from it but I do think it achieved it's purpose, examining how London was a town built by and for sex.… (plus d'informations)