Covent Garden Ladies. Pimp General Jack And The Extraordinary Story Of Harris' List

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Tempus
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2005
Edition: First Edition

Description: 318 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The Covent Garden Ladies tells the story of Samuel Derrick, Jack Harris, and Charlotte Hayes, whose complicated and colorful lives were brought together by the publication of Harris' List, an infamous guidebook of prostitutes which detailed addresses, physical characteristics and "specialties." The true history of the book is a tragicomicedy motivated by poverty, passionate love, aspiration, and shame. Its telling plunges the reader down the dark alleys of 18th-century London's underworld, a realm populated by tavern owners, pimps, punters, card sharps, and of course, a colorful range of prostitutes and brothel-keepers.

ISBN: 9780752428505