Bath Edith Sitwell Helen Lloyd 0889290854421 Books
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In 18th century Bath, where Beau Nash ruled as uncrowned king for so many years, the fashionable members of English society found a splendid justification for improving their health and enjoying themselves at the same time. They took the waters assiduously, gambled excessively, danced away the evenings at cotillion balls, and spent the mornings strolling along the Parades in their elegant finery, and exchanging gossip in the coffee houses.
Writers, actors, artists and politicians shared the city's delights with exalted members of the peerage; and over them all, the great Beau presided with avuncular authority. This audiobook, written with all the skill and visionary commitment of an established poet, recreates the atmosphere of Bath's famous century superbly, and faithfully mirrors several of the well-known personalities who graced the period with their wit, their talent and their eccentricity.
Here is Nash himself, generous to a fault, whose chief claim to fame must surely be the widespread improvement in English social behaviour that his strict control initiated; the charming blue-stocking, Elizabeth Montagu, who hated card games and strove to encourage literary causeries; the irascible Captain Thicknesse; the ascetic religious reformer, the Countess of Huntingdon; the famous ‘limner', Thomas Gainsborough; Sarah Siddons, who bewitched almost everyone when she played at the old Orchard Street theatre; the talented, gentle Ralph Allen, who built Prior Park; that old knave James Quin, who retired to Bath after a hugely successful career on the London stage; and several others. Against a meticulously researched background, they are all convincingly brought to life.
Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) was born into an aristocratic family and, along with her brothers, Osbert and Sacheverell, had a significant impact on the artistic life of the 20s. She encountered the work of the French symbolists, Rimbaud in particular, early in her writing life and became a champion of the modernist movement, editing six editions of the controversial magazine Wheels. She remained a crusading force against philistinism and conservatism throughout her life and her legacy lies as much in her unstinting support of other artists as it does in her own poetry.
Bath Edith Sitwell Helen Lloyd 0889290854421 Books
Good old Edie! She has just researched the heck out of what made that city what it was and is. The pictures she paints of society are fascinating. Did people really live like that, one wonders.Product details
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Bath Edith Sitwell Helen Lloyd 0889290854421 Books Reviews
I knew little about Bath ... but from the first page, this book brought it powerfully to life. The eighteenth century history of the town revolves around Beau Nash, a professional gambler, who became the 'King ' of Bath and virtual ruler of the town ... and its saviour. Nash turned Bath from a smelly and unhygienic den of iniquity into a beautiful and fashionable city, with its own set of laws governing gambling, dancing and the inevitable bathing. Laws imposed by Nash and observed by all even visiting royalty and the celebrities of the day ... though even at its most glittering, all was not what it appeared. The gambling and high jinks caused the Beau to die impoverished and virtually abandoned by the town that owed him so much.
This is not an easy read ... but it is an immensely rewarding one ... and a book that gives a real insight into the fashions and lifestyle of the period.
Good old Edie! She has just researched the heck out of what made that city what it was and is. The pictures she paints of society are fascinating. Did people really live like that, one wonders.
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