MID-GEORGIAN BRITAIN by Jacqueline Riding ( 9780747807995 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

MID-GEORGIAN BRITAIN
1740-69

By:

Jacqueline Riding

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

074780799X

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9780747807995

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Publisher:

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Pub. date:

10 September, 2010

Series:

Shire Living Histories No. 7

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Description:

Mid-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.

Synopsis:

Mid-Georgian Britain was a period of both elegance and desperation. As the middle and upper classes enjoyed their wealth with an increasing range of consumer goods, the poor endured debtor's prison and an increasing number of crimes with the death penalty. This, the latest addition to the growing "Living Histories Series", charts the growth of the empire and looks at the growing importance of London as a capital city where the rich and poor rubbed shoulders. Jacqueline Riding creates a vivid portrait of the daily reality of life for a middle-class family in this age of growing affluence.

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Illustrations (some col.)

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Imprint:

Shire Publications Ltd

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Non-returnable

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