Life and Letters at Bath in the Eighteenth Century
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A01=A Barbeau
aristocracy
assembly rooms
Author_A Barbeau
beau monde
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dandy
english culture
english fashion
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gentry
jane austen
master of ceremonies beau nash
pleasure resort
pump room
residents
richard brinsley sheridan
spa town
spa waters
theatre
thomas gainsborough
visitors
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- ISBN 9781845886028
- Weight: 460g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 27 Oct 2009
- Publisher: Nonsuch Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Eighteenth-century Bath was at the centre of English culture and fashion. A pleasure resort as well as a spa town, it played host to the beau monde in search of diversion in addition to the infirm in search of a cure by taking its waters. Its pump room, assembly rooms and theatre attracted aristocracy and gentry from all over the country, particularly under the auspices of Master of Ceremonies Beau Nash, notable dandy and leader of fashion. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas Gainsborough and Jane Austen were among its famous visitors and residents. Life & Letters at Bath in the Eighteenth Century chronicles this fascinating period in the history of the city and gives details of the wide variety of famous people associated with it.
