Characters of FitzroviaChatto & Windus, 2001 - 262 páginas Between Oxford Street and Euston Road, bordered by Portland Place, Gower Street and Tottenham Court Road, lies a mysteriously evocative area, close to London's heart, known as Fitzrovia. For over 400 years this is where the bohemian life of London has flourished. Fitzrovia is a strange mix with an extraordinary history, one that also holds up a mirror to the rest of the city. For the avant garde, for artists and artisan, Fitzrovia has been a home, the creative hub, full of studios, craftshops and trysting places. Of sex, murder and mayhem, Fitzrovia has had more than its fair share. Alongside grandeur and elegance, exiles and emigres occupied shabby tenements and introduced new styles of cafe and restaurant. Revolutionaries and radicals gathered here. Spivs and spies, princes and prostitutes all jostled in its streets. Medical professionals mingled in institutions set up by free-thinkers, with intellectuals and inventors. Radio and television programmes from Fitzrovia, broadcast to the world, shaped the culture of an empire and a nation. Independent publishing clusters in Fitzrovia, near the legendary pubs where writers and poets met and drank in the 1940s and 50s. From bawdy house |
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... poor , he first involved himself in the establishing of soup kitchens in February 1847 , advising on ingredients : for the soup , vegetable peelings ( which have the most nutrients ) were essential , ' it is a well known fact , that the ...
... poor , he first involved himself in the establishing of soup kitchens in February 1847 , advising on ingredients : for the soup , vegetable peelings ( which have the most nutrients ) were essential , ' it is a well known fact , that the ...
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... Poor , which was based in Warren Street . Among atrocities exposed by Black Poor was the throwing overboard of 130 sick slaves from a ship at sea , as insurance company policy was to pay out for drowned slaves , but not for any who had ...
... Poor , which was based in Warren Street . Among atrocities exposed by Black Poor was the throwing overboard of 130 sick slaves from a ship at sea , as insurance company policy was to pay out for drowned slaves , but not for any who had ...
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... Poor documented the voices and conditions of the people with vivid realism . imprisoned for bankruptcy . Aged 12 the ... Poor ( 1850 ) , lived with his 15 brothers and sisters at 16 Fitzroy Square . He wanted to see for himself the ...
... Poor documented the voices and conditions of the people with vivid realism . imprisoned for bankruptcy . Aged 12 the ... Poor ( 1850 ) , lived with his 15 brothers and sisters at 16 Fitzroy Square . He wanted to see for himself the ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Rabblerousers Radicals and Revolutionaries 2 Royalty and Gentry | 2 |
Murderers and Manslaughterers | 3 |
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West End Chronicles: 300 Years of Glamour and Excess in the Heart of London Ed Glinert Vista de fragmentos - 2007 |