Inglis, L: Georgian London Into the Streets

Her focus is very much on everyday life, with thoughtful insights on immigrants, women and the poor. The result lies somewhere between a map and a serialised chronicle, full of neat character portraits and engaging plots Financial Times Read and be amazed by a city you thought you knew -- Jonathan Foyle, World Monuments Fund Inglis has a good ear for the outlandish, the farcical, the bizarre and the macabre. A wonderful popular history of Hanoverian London London Historians Pacy, superbly researched. The real sparkle lies in its relentless cavalcade of insightful anecdotes ... There's much to treasure here Londonist The Georgians had enough scandal and drama going on to fill a dozen tabloid papers. The rather-fit Lucy Inglis crams it all into this startling book which will have you pining for a taste of those debauched days Sunday Sport From the Great Fire in 1666 and the covering of the old 'Ditch' where the Fleet river once ran, to the creation of Westminster Bridge, the British Museum and the National Gallery, Lucy Inglis gives us an entertaining romp through well-known parts of London Who Do You Think You Are?