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
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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.

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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.

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