Horace Bleackley (1868–1931)
Auteur van Ladies Fair and Frail: Sketches of the Demi-Monde during the Eighteenth Century
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Bleackley, Horace
- Officiële naam
- Bleackley, Horace William
- Geboortedatum
- 1868-01-18
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1931-07-30
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Prestwich, Lancashire, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Lausanne, Switzerland
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Ladies Fair and Frail : Sketches of the Demi-Monde… door Horace Bleackley
popular-level accounts of well-known 18th century courtesans, including the women who inspired Wilke's Essay on Woman
This is little more than a retelling of sordid, scandalous, lurid crimes that shocked English sensibilities during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries. Bleakley has little new or important to offer.
Bleakley serves an anecdotal account of many of the hangmen of England from the 17th to the late 19th centuries. The book lacks scholarly depth and academic rigor. There is almost no supporting documentation. It is useful as a source of thought and opinion regarding execution and executioners at the time it was written.
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- Werken
- 13
- Leden
- 23
- Populariteit
- #537,598
- Waardering
- 3.0
- Besprekingen
- 4
- ISBNs
- 8