Club Life of London (Vol. 1&2) (eBook)

Complete Edition

John Timbs (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
699 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
406-406638780-8 (EAN)

Infos

Club Life of London in two volumes is a work of social history that presents the pictures of the social life of England's Capital, with anecdotes of the clubs, coffee-houses and taverns of the metropolis during the 17th, 18th, and 19th century. The goal of the work was to record the Club-life in a series of sketches of the leading Societies, presented through the portrayal of a wide variety clubs and taverns. The first volume deals with London Clubs, while the second volume is devoted to the Coffee-house and Tavern Life, and presents a diversity of sketches, anecdotes and reminiscences

Autor

John Timbs (1801-1875) was an English author and antiquary. He was successively editor of the Mirror of Literature, the Harlequin, The Literary World, and sub-editor of the Illustrated London News. Timbs was a prominent member of London literary circles and in 1834 he was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London..

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.1.2021
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: 19th century taverns • British social history • Charles Dickens • Coffee-house anecdotes • Crucible of War • Cultural nightlife • Elizabeth the Queen • Gentlemen's societies • Historical clubs • Homo Deus • London social life • Metropolitan gatherings • Societal sketches • The Emperor Charlemagne • The Private Lives of the Tudors • The Splendid and the Vile • The Templars • The Three Edwards • The Woman Who Smashed Codes • Urban leisure culture