The Gin Lane Gazette
A Profusely Illustrated Compendium of Devilish Scandal and Oddities from the Darkest Recesses of Georgian England
Nonfiction, History, British, Entertainment, Humour & Comedy, General Humour, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Adrian Teal | ISBN: | 9781908717764 |
| Publisher: | Unbound | Publication: | April 2, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Unbound | Language: | English |
| Author: | Adrian Teal |
| ISBN: | 9781908717764 |
| Publisher: | Unbound |
| Publication: | April 2, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Unbound |
| Language: | English |
Many of us think of the ill-behaved celebrity and the tabloid splash as modern inventions, but the antics of footballers and soap stars are as nothing when set alongside the hell-raising of the 18th century celebs.
The Gin Lane Gazette is stuffed with true stories of boozy MPs who settled their political differences with duels in Hyde Park; peers of the realm who sat the unburied corpses of their cherished mistresses at their dinner tables; entertainers who rode horses standing upright in the saddle, while wearing a mask of bees; and famous courtesans who ate 1,000-guinea banknotes stuffed into sandwiches, simply to make a point. Before it was dashed from their lips by the Victorian party-poopers, our Georgian forebears drank deep from the cup of life.
Many of us think of the ill-behaved celebrity and the tabloid splash as modern inventions, but the antics of footballers and soap stars are as nothing when set alongside the hell-raising of the 18th century celebs.
The Gin Lane Gazette is stuffed with true stories of boozy MPs who settled their political differences with duels in Hyde Park; peers of the realm who sat the unburied corpses of their cherished mistresses at their dinner tables; entertainers who rode horses standing upright in the saddle, while wearing a mask of bees; and famous courtesans who ate 1,000-guinea banknotes stuffed into sandwiches, simply to make a point. Before it was dashed from their lips by the Victorian party-poopers, our Georgian forebears drank deep from the cup of life.
