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Covent Garden and Strand
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Covent Garden and Strand

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The streets of Covent Garden tell a fascinating history of London life over the centuries. One of the first examples of town planning, the earliest inhabitants were the social elite living in grand houses looking out on to a continental style piazza. Following the money came the street traders whose successors transformed Covent Garden into one of the world's largest fruit and vegetable markets.

With the birth of the Market came an influx of writers, actors and artists whose bohemian lives gave Covent Garden a reputation as an intellectual powerhouse alongside a low life of crime and prostitution.

Covent Garden & Strand pulsate with as much life and energy today as they did during their 400-year history. Tourists have replaced market traders and characterful pubs have succeeded gin palaces. The coffee houses of the 17th and 18th centuries were bawdier places than the modern equivalent but eating, drinking, and entertainment remain at the heart of this dynamic quarter.

Popular historian Barry Turner brings alive the characters, from aristocrats to costermongers, who have shaped Covent Garden.He charts the development of the world famous Market including the little-known story of the feud between Dickens and Thackeray which gripped Victorian London.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Mensch Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
13 March 2025
Pages
234
ISBN
9781912914777

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

The streets of Covent Garden tell a fascinating history of London life over the centuries. One of the first examples of town planning, the earliest inhabitants were the social elite living in grand houses looking out on to a continental style piazza. Following the money came the street traders whose successors transformed Covent Garden into one of the world's largest fruit and vegetable markets.

With the birth of the Market came an influx of writers, actors and artists whose bohemian lives gave Covent Garden a reputation as an intellectual powerhouse alongside a low life of crime and prostitution.

Covent Garden & Strand pulsate with as much life and energy today as they did during their 400-year history. Tourists have replaced market traders and characterful pubs have succeeded gin palaces. The coffee houses of the 17th and 18th centuries were bawdier places than the modern equivalent but eating, drinking, and entertainment remain at the heart of this dynamic quarter.

Popular historian Barry Turner brings alive the characters, from aristocrats to costermongers, who have shaped Covent Garden.He charts the development of the world famous Market including the little-known story of the feud between Dickens and Thackeray which gripped Victorian London.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Mensch Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
13 March 2025
Pages
234
ISBN
9781912914777