Soho : a street guide to Soho's history, architecture and people
Cruickshank, Dan2022
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Soho - illicit, glamorous, sordid, louche, poverty-stricken, squalid, exhilarating. 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 500 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.
Main title:
Soho : a street guide to Soho's history, architecture and people / Dan Cruickshank.
Author:
Cruickshank, Dan, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2022.
Collation:
407 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2020.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781780224954 (pbk)
Dewey class:
942.132
Language:
English
BRN:
3135784