The Kilmarnock Poems (Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, 1786)

Literature & Fiction

Burns, Robert

Low, Donald A.

Poetry

Everymans Library

Alongside the cultural brilliance and high achievement of the Regency period, the world of Pride and Prejudice and the Nature poets, of Constable and Nash, there existed also a pulsating urban underworld where crime and vice of every kind flourished. A varied throng of pleasure-seekers and criminals -- among them gamblers, pickpockets, brothel-keepers and body snatchers -- crowded the streets of London. All indulged themselves with little restraint until the coming of the Metropolitan Police Act in 1829 curbed their more obvious activities. Thieves' Kitchen takes us into this often forgotten world, and draws on a wide range of contemporary sources, including unpublished notebooks, to provide a vivid picture of criminals at work. It was a world of sometimes startling contrasts in which aristocracy, even royalty, rubbed shoulders with all manner of crooks, vice-pedlars and "unfortunates." The exclusive clubs of St. James's where vast fortunes changed hands overnight, and the flash houses and rookeries in the ill-lit streets and alleyways of Whitechapel and St. Giles's where crimes were plotted and concealed; the high-spirited adventures of Tom and Jerry, and the macabre exploits of the resurrection-men; women of pleasure and grand-scale embezzlers -- all are part of Donald A. Low's colorful portrait of high life and low, of the criminal and the racy, which was the Regency underworld.

Thieves' Kitchen: The Regency Underworld

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd.

EVERYMAN'S POETRY LIBRARY: This new series of the world's greatest poetry features the hallmarks of Everyman Classics: top-quality production and reader-friendly design along with helpful notes and critiques. Each edition is also a great value, especially for those readers beginning to explore the work of this remarkable poet.

Robert Burns (Everyman Poetry Library)

Everyman

Robert Burns (Scottish Writers Series V018)

History & Criticism

Scottish Academic Pr

Alongside the world of Pride and Prejudice and the Nature poets of Constable and Nash, there also existed a pulsating underworld where crime and vice of every kind flourished. Venture into this forgotten world and discover a vivid picture of pleasure-seekers, criminals and body snatchers at work. This revised edition has a new introduction by the author, who has also re-illustrated the volume with a variety of contemporary prints, portraits and cartoons to bring the period between from 1800-1830 and its characters to life.

The Regency Underworld

History

Europe

Sutton Pub Ltd

Alongside the world of Pride and Prejudice and Vanity Fair, Byron, Keats, Constable and Nash, there also existed a pulsating underworld where crime and vice of every kind flourished. Venture into this forgotten world, and discover a fascinating place filled with pleasure-seekers, criminals and body snatchers at work. This revised edition has a new introduction by the author, and is illustrated with a variety of contemporary prints, portraits and cartoons to bring the period and the characters of this sinister period to life. Anyone with an interest in the period, or in the underground activities which tended not to be explored in the novels of the time, will find this essential reading.

The Regency Underworld (Sutton History Classics)

Sutton

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Thieves Kitchen the Regency Underworld

Social Sciences

Alan Sutton Publ Ltd

That sunny dome: A portrait of Regency Britain

Rowman and Littlefield

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