Soho: A Street Guide to Soho’s History, Architecture and People - Brossura

Cruickshank, Dan

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ISBN 10: 1780224958 ISBN 13: 9781780224954

Casa editrice: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, 2022

Riassunto

<p>Soho - illicit, glamorous, sordid, louche, poverty-stricken, squalid, exhilarating. <br><br>One of Britain's best-loved historians, Dan Cruickshank, grants us an intimacy with centuries of rich and varied history as he guides us around the Soho of the last five hundred years. We learn of its original aspirations towards respectability, how it became London's bohemian quarter and why it was once home to its criminal underworld. The bars, clubs, theatres and their frequenters are described with detail that evokes the heart of the district. <br><br>The history of Soho is written in its surviving architecture. Cruickshank points out the streets that were the stamping grounds of criminal dynasties and directs our attention towards the homes of renowned prostitutes, revealing Georgian sexual mores and surprising visitors - amongst them eighteenth-century painter Joshua Reynolds, whose peculiar 'caprice' was simply drawing the girls. Soho has been home to characters as diverse as Mrs Goadby's girls to the Maltese mafia, and Cruikshank draws these threads together with kaleidoscopic verve. <br><br>Even as he mourns some of the changes, he pays testament to the district's resilience. He observes how the common denominator over the centuries is that it has always been a destination for immigrants: from French Huguenots to the East European Jewish community and recent Chinese diaspora - and that this is the foundation of its spirit and success.</p>

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Informazioni sull?autore

Dan Cruickshank a television presenter and author of numerous books on historical architecture. He was a founding member of Save Britain's Heritage in 1975, is a member of the Executive Committee of the Georgian Group, is on the Architectural Panel of the National Trust, and is an Honorary Fellow of RIBA. He lives in east London.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2022
• ISBN 10: 1780224958
• ISBN 13: 9781780224954
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile