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Piccadilly
- London’s West End and the Pursuit of Pleasure
Engelsk Hardback
Piccadilly
- London’s West End and the Pursuit of Pleasure
Engelsk Hardback

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Piccadilly, London’s milelong western artery, was originally known for its busy coaching inns and magnificent aristocratic palaces, and, more recently, for its internationally renowned department stores, theatres, restaurants and hotels. At the junction of five major roads, Piccadilly Circus became known as the ‘Hub of Empire’. Balancing enterprise, profit and pleasure, it marks the divide between polite society and a bustling nightlife.

In this book, London historian Stephen Hoare explores how and why ‘Dilly’ has always been a haunt for pleasure seekers. It traces the development of London’s West End from its aristocratic origins right through to its hedonistic heyday, when the Bright Young Things rubbed shoulders with royalty, film stars, gangsters, pimps and prostitutes. Today, Piccadilly’s traditional institutions, such as Hatchards, Fortnum and Mason, the Royal Academy and the Ritz, sit alongside sushi bars, Viennese coffee shops and fashionable jewellers and boutiques as the neon lights of the Circus continue to attract visitors from across the globe.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
0
ISBN-13:
9780750995658
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0750995653
Udg. Dato:
1 sep 2021
Længde:
28mm
Bredde:
240mm
Højde:
165mm
Forlag:
The History Press Ltd
Oplagsdato:
1 sep 2021
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