It is - unsurprisingly about the way London was in the period of the 4 Kings named George (I-IV). The last George in the row is the one, who was Regent during Mad King Georges erm Madness. From George the IV. was coined the Regency Period. This is the time, when Jane Austen wrote and the time about Georgette Heyer wrote all her Romances.
It is also the time, that interests me most and therefore the reason, why I bought this book.
Miss Inglis has a very nice writing style. Not too intellectual, but also not too easy going. I find it easy and a pleasure to read.
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Now back. Miss Inglis does neither infer, that you know everything about this time, nor that you know nothing about it at all. So it is very nice to read for someone like me, who is somewhere in the middle of those two sides.
The book is ordered into the different parts of London and in those parts it is ordered into smaller quarters. There are references to other parts of London and where neccessary she goes back or forth in time, but in general she sticks to the time she is in the narration. There are also pictures of the time in the book but those I found hard to see on my very simple kindle. It may be better on a laptop or a higher-end e-reader, I can not say. In a paper-book of course the pictures should be great.
So anyway: if you are interested in London and its history, but don't want to fight through tomes of knowledge in hard to digest language, than this is a good choice. You get a lot of information, entertainment and aha-moments out of it.
I am neither affiliated with the author, nor with Amazon. This is just my point of view of a book
A little background about my reading-habits: I have for a long time loved the books by Georgette Heyer. My Mother has them in German and so I first read them in German and over the years I bought some in English. They are both nice and from time to time I turn back to them. One can learn a lot about the times from her books, mainly about the Regency-Period. Georgette Heyer had a very big library about this period and that at a time, when you couldn't just browse the internet, but really had to search for real books. I also think, that is must have been harder to get those informations, but I do not know. Perhaps, if this is something, that you are very interested in, you'll find it easier to get material and once one gets started, it becomes even easier. Just like learning a new skill.
To make it easier for you to find the book in bookstores, here is the cover. Enjoy!
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