Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
03.11.2009
Verlag
Vintage BooksSeitenzahl
346
Maße (L/B/H)
19.8/12.9/2 cm
Gewicht
413 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-09-954679-5
The Smart is a true drama of eighteenth-century life with a mercurial mysterious heroine. Caroline is a young Irishwoman who runs off to marry a soldier comes to London and slides into a glamorous life as a high-class prostitute a great risk-taker possessing a mesmerising appeal. In the early 1770s she becomes involved with the intriguing Perreau twins identical in looks but opposite in character one a sober merchant the other a raffish gambler. They begin forging bonds living in increasing luxury until everything collapses like a house of cards - and forgery is a capital offence. A brilliantly researched and marvellously evocative history The Smart is full of the life of London streets and shots through with enduring themes - sex money death and fame. It bridges the gap between aristocracy and underworld as eighteenth-century society is drawn into the most scandalous financial sting of the age.
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